This chart divides the more than 4,000 federal positions requiring presidential appointment into four categories: presidential appointment requiring Senate confirmation, presidential appointment without Senate confirmation, non-career senior executive service (above GS-15 level), confidential or policy-determining positions at or below GS-15 level, and non-competitive positions by statute at or below GS-15 level.
This chart notes that the vast majority of White House positions are appointed by the President and none are subject to Senate confirmation.
The completion of these forms is required by various agencies in order to receive a security clearance.
Executive Orders (EOs) are legally binding orders given by the President, acting as the head of the Executive Branch, to Federal Administrative Agencies. Executive Orders are generally used to direct federal agencies and officials in their execution of congressionally established laws or policies.
This memorandum from the Obama-Biden Transition Project discusses the Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 and it’s encouragement of rapid placement of national security personnel in both Transition and the new Administration, including provisions to facilitate the security clearance process for members of transition teams.
General instructions for the Romney transition concerning the priorities of the first 200 days of the administration.
A list of nominees that received confirmation hearings before Inauguration in the Bush and Obama administrations.
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.
In an open letter, the Center’s six advisory board members—Democrats and Republicans who have been involved in planning, executing and closely observing presidential transitions—urge the presidential candidates to start their transition planning early to avoid critical missteps.
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.