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Presidential Transition Teams: Function, Importance, and Public Voice

Created November 19th, 2020 by Cindy Bank

Framing Statement: 

The Presidential Transition team started work before election day They are responsible for many actions, but specific to campus activity the following two would provide opportunities to have input:

1: Building a policy platform for the new administration based on campaign promises and planning executive actions, a management agenda, a budget proposal, and potential legislation.
A core responsibility of the presidential transition policy team is to lay the groundwork for the successful implementation of the president-elect’s priorities and campaign promises upon taking office by translating these into a comprehensive policy platform that can be achieved by executive orders, legislation, and/or possible agency actions. There are generally policy issue working groups that handle special interests and outside stakeholders, develop a budget to support the major policy initiatives, lay the groundwork for a management agenda, and review how the prior administration’s executive orders and regulatory actions will be addressed.

2: Identifying the key talent necessary to execute the new president’s priorities through the more than 4,000 presidential appointments, more than 1,200 of which require Senate confirmation.

Every four years, after the Presidential election, the “United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions,” commonly known as the Plum Book, which contains data on more than 9,000 Presidential-appointed (more than 4,000) and other positions within the Federal Government.

 

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