Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Office of President-elect Obama and the White House establishing the relationship between the transition team and the outgoing White House. “The chief of staff and the chair of the president-elect’s transition team enter into this memorandum of understanding in order to establish an orderly process for identifying individuals charged with transition responsibilities, to ensure that the government’s and the office of the president-elect’s standards of conduct are observed, to protect the confidentiality of nonpublic government information made available to the transition team during the transition period, to preserve the constitutional, statutory and common law privileges that attach to such information in the possession of the executive branch, and to protect the confìdentiality of transition information made available to the government.”
This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishes guidelines for obtaining services and facilities made available by the General Services Administration (GSA) to the President-elect and the Vice President-elect and paid out of funds appropriated in accordance with the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, as amended.
Memo from Deputy Director for Management Clay Johnson to members of the President’s Management Council (PMC) regarding directions and timelines for activities for the presidential transition. This memo from OMB is dated July 18, 2008 and a copy was sent to White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten. Goals for activities are to help ensure continuity of public services during the transition to a new administration, and help current non-career employees exit successfully.
This memorandum, sent to President Bush’s White House Counsel Fred Fielding, details four major problems that limit the efficiency of the appointments process and recommendations to address those problems. It was authored, written by the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers on behalf of the Partnership for Public Service.
This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Office of President-elect Bush and the Clinton administration establishes the relationship between the transition team and the outgoing White House as required by the Presidential Transition Act. It includes provisions for transition procedures, identification of transition contacts and access to non-public government and transition information. This document was signed by the White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, and chairman of the president-elect’s transition team, Dick Cheney on December 18, 2000.
Memo dated Nov. 29, 2000 from White House Chief of Staff John Podesta to Clinton administration political appointees requesting their resignation letters effective at noon on January 20, 2001. The memo provided sample text for resignations and were to be submitted no later than Dec. 15, 2000. Exceptions were made for U.S. Attorney and Marshals, inspectors generals and appointees serving on a term appointment.
Memo dated Nov. 29, 2000 from White House Chief of Staff John Podesta to Clinton administration staff working in the White House requesting their resignation letters effective at noon on January 20, 2001. The memo provided sample text for resignations and were to be submitted no later than Dec. 15, 2000.
Memo dated Oct. 12, 1992 from White House Chief of Staff James Baker to Cabinet and agency heads requesting their resignation letters following the election in order to start fresh in a potential second term of President George H. W. Bush.
| 36-page report issued by the National Academy of Public administration in 1985 that outlines contemporary challenges to the existing appointment system and offers a set of potential reforms. The report is focused on ensuring that the federal government continues to “provide the nation with talented and creative leaders.” |