In the U.S., a presidential transition is the process during which the president-elect of the United States prepares to take over the administration of the federal government. A transition can also arise intra-term if a president dies, resigns or is removed from office, though the period may be very short. Transition normally involves some pre-election planning by the non-incumbent candidates, and involves consideration of key personnel.
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In the U.S., a presidential transition is the process during which the president-elect of the United States prepares to take over the administration of the federal government. A transition can also arise intra-term if a president dies, resigns or is removed from office, though the period may be very short. Transition normally involves some pre-election planning by the non-incumbent candidates, and involves consideration of key personnel from the outgoing and incoming presidents’ staffs. It requires resources, and includes a host of activities, such as vetting candidates for positions in the new administration, helping to familiarize the incoming administration with the operations of the executive branch, and developing a comprehensive policy platform. The Presidential Transition Act of 1963 established the mechanisms to facilitate an orderly and peaceful transition of power, and has been amended numerous times. The Pre-Election Presidential transition Act of 2010 requires the General Services Administration to provide potential presidential transition teams with office space, facilities, funding for transition staff, and access to government services. For example, spending on Mitt Romney’s transition team in 2012 was going to be USD 8. 9 million, all funds appropriated by the government. In 2008, the Obama presidential campaign began planning for a possible presidential transition several months before Election Day. In 1961, two months after the election, leading presidential contenders formed a transition team to start making preliminary plans for building an administration and assuming the presidency. In 2012, Obama called the transition team, called the Transition Team, to inform them of possible possible changes in policy.
In 2013, the transition began with the formation of a Transition Team to inform the candidates of the possible changes they might make in foreign policy, national security, and other areas of interest. In 2014, President-elect Barack Obama announced that he would not seek re-election for a second term in office. In 2016, he said he would run for a third term for a fourth term in the White House, a position he has held since 2008. In 2017, he announced he would step down from his position as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, a post he held since 2007. In 2018, he will also step down as a member of the National Economic Council, a role he held from 2007 to 2013. He will also resign from the National Council of American Ambassadors to the United Nations, which he had held since 2009. In 2015, he resigned from the council to take up a position in the National Security Council, where he was a senior adviser to the secretary of state for foreign policy and national security. He also stepped down from the post of ambassador to the European Council of Ministers. In 2010, he also resigned from his post as a senior advisor to the Secretary of State for the European Union. In 2011, he stepped down as the chair of the Foreign Policy Council, which was responsible for advising the president on foreign policy issues. He is now serving as the head of the Presidential Transition Team for the EU Commission. The transition begins when the GSA Administrator declares an “apparent winner” of the election and releases the funds.
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