Subject Specialist:
Law, Political Science, International Affairs
814-863-1347
e-mail: hms2@psu.edu
Helen Sheehy
Title: Head Social Sciences Library
Subject Specialist:
Law, Political Science, International Affairs
814-863-1347
e-mail: hms2@psu.edu
Change.gov
The Obama transition team web site was unveiled on November 6, 2008. Find information on the Obama Administration agenda, the Inauguration, appointments, etc.
Presidential Transition Resources — OpenCongress wiki page links to government Web sites related to the transition
The Bush Whitehouse's transition site
The Bush administration is getting high marks for cooperation with the Obama transition team.
GAO (Government Accountability Office) Transition Web
"Following each presidential election, GAO serves as a resource to assist with the transition to a new Congress and administration. On this Web site, using its institutional knowledge and broad-based, nonpartisan work on matters across the government spectrum, GAO provides insight into, and recommendations for addressing, the nation’s major issues, risks and challenges. Also located throughout the site are key reports for further research, as well as contact information for and video messages from GAO experts."
Congress. Joint Congressional Committee on the Inauguration Ceremonies
Presidential Nominations
Database of Presidential nominees that must be confirmed by the Senate.
The Plum Book
After each presidential election the Federal Government publishes information on over 7,000 Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment. Note: Under the Bush Administration the Office of the Vice President was removed from the Executive Branch listings and placed in an Appendix.
Transition to a New Presidential Administration (Office of Personnel Management)
Congressional Research Service Reports:
Council on Foreign Relations: Tranisition 2008
Brookings Institution: The Presidential Transition
Urban Institute: Policymaking and the New President: Advice to President-elect Obama
RAND Corporation: Presidential Transition - Selected Research, Commentary, and Congressional Testimony
The White House Transition Project (WHTP)
"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, to the president-elect, and to the new administration. These resources include three separate report series providing a White House institutional memory, perspectives on past transitions, and advanced research covering special aspects of transitions and governing. The WHTP also provides unique analysis of the appointments process and a clearinghouse on other transition resources."
New York Times — excellent profiles of nominees/appointees
Washington Post — Obama Presidency: Transition to Power
The Fed Page — a regular feature section covering government
CNN: Transition to Power — lots of video with transition news.
PBS NewsHour: Obama's Transition to Power
Renewing America's Promise: the Democratic Party 2008 Platform — how well does the Obama agenda mesh with the party platform?
Republican National Committee — see what the opposition thinks.
Albright, Madeleine. Memo to the President-elect: how we can restore America's reputation and leadership?
What Do We Do Now?: A Workbook for the President-elect. Brookings Institution, November 2007.
