The first comprehensive map of the presidential transition process across six work streams detailing the complexity of the process across the major stakeholders. The stakeholders represented include the transition team (agency review, policy implementation, presidential appointments, and operations and support), outgoing White House, agencies and transition service providers (General Services Administration, Office of Government Ethics, National Archives and Records Administration, Office of Personnel Management, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice). This file was created by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the Center for Presidential Transition. It is formatted for a 60×60 poster.
A list of nominees that received confirmation hearings before Inauguration in the Bush and Obama administrations.
This chart discusses the sources of candidates, vetting process, official responsible for selection and timing for each of four levels of positions from the Cabinet level to White House personnel.
This template lists relevant information of position descriptions for presidential appointments, including position summary, lists of past appointees, key responsibilities, management scope related to the position, strategic priorities and goals, and key competencies.
This chart notes the number and types of presidential appointees within each major federal agency.
A draft agenda for the transition team’s initial post-convention meeting with the Office of Government Ethics.
This sample job description notes a summary of the role, reporting relationship, accountabilities and key competencies of a transition team’s head of agency review.
This template from the Obama-Biden Transition Project details the information required in a 20-page Liaison Roadmap. The Liaison Roadmap includes three sections: an executive summary, an overview of the agency and a discussion of the high-priority issues facing the agency.
The ACT-IAC 2016 Presidential Transition Project seeks to develop issue papers surrounding presidential transition.
This checklist, developed by the law firms of Steptoe & Johnson and Allen & Overy, can be used to screen potential executive branch appointees for issues that commonly arise in the confirmation process. Questions are divided into the following eight sections: Tax Returns and Tax Return Preparation, Salary and Bonuses, Executive Compensation Arrangements, Household Employees and Other Service Providers, Speeches and Publications, Investment Information and Liabilities and Litigation.