The academies teach the basic high school curriculum as well as an enhanced curriculum that enables students to plan and pursue their individual career goals. The PIE program provided more than 200 students with internship opportunities at the department and its bureaus between 1995 and 1998. In the fall of 1998, Treasury's Third Career Academy and the Law and Legal Services Academy opened at Eastern High School. Treasury also sponsors the Law, Justice and Security Academy at Anacostia High School and the Business and Finance Academy at Woodrow Wilson High School. In addition, the Department provides government personnel on-site support through the Intergovernmental Personnel Act.
Many employees participate as mentors, tutors, and speakers at partner schools nationwide.
Presently, Treasury is working with the New York City Board of Education to explore the possibility of sponsoring a business career academy in New York, in the fall of 1999. The PIE Technology Support Program provides computer assistance to 15 partner schools within the Washington, D.C. area. Assistance includes providing Internet accessible computers to students and technical support and Internet training to students and teachers, developing school Web pages and creating links between schools. In partnership with Treasury bureaus, Treasury's Office of Small Business Programs actively participated in outreach activities targeting the small business community, including women-owned and minority businesses. In FY98, Treasury participated in 38 conferences throughout the country.