The Working Group on the Status of Puerto Rico (Working Group) was created by President Clinton in 2000. The sole objective of the Working Group at that time was to examine proposals for Puerto Rico's future status and a process by which Puerto Ricans could choose a status option. President Bush continued the Working Group's exclusive focus on the issue of political status. The Bush Administration Working Group issued reports in 2005 and 2007. On October 30, 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order 13517, which instructed the Working Group to maintain its focus on the issue of status, but added to its responsibilities the request for advice and recommendations on policies that promote job creation, education, health care, clean energy and economic development on the Island. The current Working Group was convened in December 2009 with members from all Cabinet agencies. He organized two public hearings in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and in Washington, D.C., to hear directly from a wide variety of voices on issues of status and economic development.