The Committee on Department Methods, popularly known as the Keep Commission, was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905.
'"[2] Ultimately, the Commission formed 12 subcommittees which were composed of about 70 functional experts employed by the government.
The President's direct involvement and support of the Commission seems to have kept dissension to the report to a minimum from the cabinet.
Congress was suspicious and threatened by the work of the Commission because they saw it as an attempt to consolidate presidential power.
[7] When it appropriated funds to President William Howard Taft, Congress implicitly accepted the view stated by Roosevelt and the Keep Commission that administration was an executive responsibility.