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Transition

Statements, fact sheets, biographical information, and links to USG web sites providing information on the Transition

OFFICIAL STATEMENTS

• White House Transition page
• Sec. Rice Interview with C-SPAN (11/10)
• President's Radio Address (11/08)
• Statement by Pres. Bush on the Presidential Election (Nov. 5)
• Remarks by Sec. Rice on Presidential Election (Nov. 5)
• State Dept. Media Note on Transition (Nov. 5)
• White House Fact Sheet: Ensuring a Smooth and Effective Presidential Transition (Oct. 28)

AMERICA.GOV

• America.gov: Meet the 44th U.S. President
• America.gov: Work Begins Immediately for Next U.S. President and His Team
• America.gov: Illinois Congressman is Obama’s First White House Appointment
• America.gov: Guide to the 2008 Elections

IIP PUBLICATIONS

• ePublication: Barack Obama: 44th President of the United States
• eJournal: Democracy in Brief

USG RESOURCES ON TRANSITION ISSUES

• GAO Web site: Serving the Congress and the Nation 
• GSA and National Archives web site: Presidential Transition Resources
• Change.gov: Office of the President-Elect
• Presidential Power in National Security: A Guide to the President Elect White House Transition Project, Law Library of Congress
• CRS Report:  Presidential Transitions: Issues Involving Outgoing and Incoming Administrations
• CRS Report: Presidential Transition
• Inauguration Day 2009
• The Plum Book (United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions): 2008 Edition
• Presidential Election & Transition 2008
• Presidential Transition
• A Guide to the Presidential Inauguration: Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States. Foreign Press Center, U.S. Dept of State, January 2009 (50 pages; includes a program of the swearing-in ceremony)
• Chronology of U.S. presidential Inaugurations from 1789
• Facts and Firsts. Historical information about U.S. presidential Inaugurations from 1789 to 2005; by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies 
• “I Do Solemnly Swear”: A Half Century of Inaugural Images. Compiled by the U.S. Senate