The document discusses the presidential transition process in the United States. It outlines that there are over 100 government agencies that will brief the president-elect. It also details the budgets allocated for the outgoing administration, president-elect, and presidential candidates for the transition. The new president has just 75 days after being elected to prepare to govern and take over from the outgoing administration in a six hour handover on Inauguration Day. The presidential transitions act was passed in 2016 to help smooth the transition between administrations.

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100 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
AGENCY
Agency chiefs to
prepare briefs for the
new President
Agencies to be
available to speak to
Presidential Candidates
RECRUIT
4115STAFF
464NON-COMPETITIVE
POSITIONS BY STATUTE
1392CONFIDENTIAL & POLICY
MAKING POSITIONS
680CAREER EXECUTIVES
& CIVIL SERVANTS
1054SENATE APPROVAL
REQUIRED
525EXECUTIVE OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT
Oversee systems & software to process
over 300,000 job applications
Background checks and deep
vetting for all new appointments
RECRUIT PRESIDENTIAL STAFF
600Recruit 600
volunteers to work
on the transition
$4MFundraise approx
$4 million for
pre-election
transition
NEWAppoint a
Presidential
Transition head
200Obtain security
clearance for the top
200 appointees
BUDGETS
$13.3M
For the Republican and Democrat candidates
$2.5 MILLION
For the outgoing administration
$7M
For the President Elect
BUDGETS
FUNDING IS MADE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
W HITE HOUSE PROJECT
PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
THE
New president has just 75
da
ys to get ready to gove
rn
08
NOV ‘16
President InauguratedElection Day
20
JAN ‘17
6
The handover takes
place in just six hours
President Obama signed the 2015 Presidential Transitions
Improvement Act into Law on 18 March 2016. To smooth the
way for the incoming President it took the best practices from
the Bush-Obama transition and codified them into law.
PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONS ACT
4.1
MILLION
EMPLOYEES
2.1 MILLION
CIVILIAN PERSONNEL
2 MILLION
ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL
THE NEW PRESIDENT WILL HEAD UP A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
THE NEW PRESIDENT MUST:
PROJECT PLAN
SET POLICIES • PRIORITES • BUDGETS
ARCHIVE AND SHIP THE RECORDS AND ARTEFACTS
FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA’S ADMINISTRATION
Presidential gifts from
heads of state and from
private citizens
50,000
200tbEmails and
electronic records
60mPieces of paper
APPOINTED TWO TRANSITION COUNCILS
Smoothing the way for the incoming president
and the 100 government agencies
White House Transition
Coordinating Council
Agency Transition
Directors Council
POLICY &
SUPPORTING
POSITIONS
Write 4,000 job descriptions
for incoming administration
4000Presidential Appointees asked
to resign by 20 January 2017
4000
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES