Since 1997, the White House Transition Project has combined the efforts of scholars, universities, and policy institutions to smooth out the American presidential transition. WHTP bridges the gaps between the partisan forces engaged in settling elections and the decision processes essential to governing by providing non-partisan information about the challenges of the American presidential transition and the strategies for overcoming those challenges. It provides these and other resources to presidential campaigns, the president-elect and the new administration.
Pursuant to a congressional request, a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) examined the number and patterns of career appointments to the civil service made between October 1984 and June 1994.
The principal purpose of this fact sheet is to identify the extent of and the bases for the promises made by 41 Senate-confirmed political appointees in the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to disqualify themselves from certain agency matters to avoid conflicts between their personal interests and their governmental responsibilities.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed the retrieval of files on Bush administration political appointees at the Department of State, focusing on State’s Inspector General’s (OIG) report on possible violations of the Privacy Act.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed the adequacy of record controls created and maintained on political appointees at the Departments of State, Commerce and the Interior, the U.S. Agency for International Development; and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Political appointees include Senate confirmed appointees, non-career Senior Executive Service (SES) and Schedule C employees.
The General Accountability Office (GAO) obtained information on the periods of service for persons appointed by the president to federal executive schedule positions with the advice and consent of the Senate during a recent 10-year period.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewing the conversion of appointees in non-career political positions to career appointments.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) surveyed the views of Senate-confirmed presidential appointees (PAS) to provide a better understanding of areas relevant to their federal service.
The code of ethics details the expectations for members of the Clinton-Gore transition team. The document includes guidelines for accepting gifts, conflicts of interest, and other standards of conduct expected from employees of the transition team.