The presidential transition of Joe Biden began on November 7, 2020 and ended on January 20, 2021. Unlike previous presidential transitions, which normally take place during the roughly 10-week period between the election in the first week of November and the inauguration on January 20, Biden's presidential transition was shortened somewhat because the

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under the outgoing

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did not recognize Biden as the "apparent winner" until November 23. Biden became the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for

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in April 2020, and formally accepted the nomination the following August. Biden's transition team, led by Ted Kaufman, had already been announced on June 20. Further co-chairs joined the team alongside Kaufman in September. The

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took place on November 3. That evening, incumbent president

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declared himself the winner, based on his initial lead in tabulated in-person votes — a situation which was widely anticipated and quickly discredited as meaningless, since the votes counted at the time were not representative of the final total and it takes several days to count all the votes. Trump continued to falsely insist that he had won, alleging without evidence that Biden's increasing lead was due to widespread fraud, corruption, and other misconduct. He challenged the results in multiple lawsuits in multiple states, none of which resulted in a substantive victory. Because of Trump's denials, there was a several-week delay before his administration began even limited cooperation with the Biden team. After three and a half days of vote counting, on November 7, at approximately 11:30 a.m. EST, the

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, along with major TV networks including CNN,

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, and

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, called the race for Joe Biden. After that, most sources described him as the president-elect. Nonetheless, GSA administrator Emily Murphy, a Trump appointee, waited until November 23 to issue the "ascertainment" letter declaring Biden the "apparent winner" on the basis that Trump still disputed the election result. The declaration marked the official start of the transition, and withholding it from the Biden team had denied them $6.3 million, office space, government website status, and access to agencies. Separately, Biden was denied daily classified national security briefings until the Trump administration approved Biden's receiving such briefings on November 24. The Electoral College met on December 14, 2020, to formally elect Biden and

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respectively, as president and

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. The results were to be

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by a joint session of

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on January 6, 2021, but due to an attempt by Trump supporters to overturn the results by storming and vandalizing the Capitol building, the certification was not completed until January 7. Biden's transition ended when he was inaugurated at 12:00 p.m. EST on January 20, 2021, at which point his presidency began.

Background issues

Preparations for potential disputed election

As early as the summer of 2020, President Donald Trump began questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 election, saying that the increase of mail-in voting in the election compared to previous elections will lead to a "rigged election". For this reason, many pundits and editorial writers would insist that Biden would need to win by a

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to prevent Trump from challenging the result. Trump's preemptive accusations of fraud led some people to consider what would happen if he should lose by a margin less than a landslide. At various points, Trump had called for his

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, to investigate Biden and his son

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, with Trump frequently insisting that his opponent should be in prison.

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, who worked in the

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during the

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, co-founded the Transition Integrity Project (TIP), which in June 2020 ran a series of "wargaming" exercises to explore potential election and transition scenarios. In August 2020, TIP released a widely discusse
report
that outlined four 2020 election crisis scenario planning exercises for the

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. The scenarios examined by TIP included a decisive Biden win, a decisive Trump win, a narrow Biden win, and a period of extended uncertainty after the election. Other academics, such as Lawrence Douglas in his book ''Will He Go?: Trump and the Looming Election Meltdown in 2020'', have also discussed the possibility, which later turned out to be true, of Trump refusing to concede if he lost. Per the 20th Amendment, the vice president must count the electoral votes in front of Congress's joint session on January 6, 2021. This is governed by the Electoral Count Act of 1887, passed to prevent crises such as that in 1876–77, and while provisions have been used, the act has never been truly put to the test. The Biden legal team had prepared for this, drafting boilerplate responses to each of the possible litigations gamed out by the TIP and others. The only one of the more than sixty cases which had not been dismissed out of hand was about late-arriving mail-in ballots.

Delays in initiating the transition

Though Joe Biden was generally acknowledged as president-elect in the election on November 7, 2020,

head Emily Murphy refused to initiate the transition to the president-elect, thereby denying funds and office space to his team. Murphy refused to sign a letter (the "ascertainment" determination) allowing Biden's transition team to formally begin work to facilitate an

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. By refusing to allow the Biden administration transition to proceed, she prevented the incoming administration from obtaining office space, performing background checks on prospective Cabinet nominees, and accessing classified information which might be needed to respond to emergencies that the administration confronts when in office. Murphy's withholding of the letter also blocked President-elect Biden's transition team from accessing several million dollars in federal transition funds for salaries and other costs, establishing government email addresses, and working with the

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on required financial disclosure and conflict-of-interest forms for incoming nominees. Amid public speculation that her refusal might jeopardize national security and public health, Murphy began a job search for herself, inquiring about employment opportunities in 2021. On November 8, the nonpartisan Center for Presidential Transition issued a statement saying "We urge the Trump administration to immediately begin the post-election transition process and the Biden team to take full advantage of the resources available under the Presidential Transition Act." The letter was signed by several experts in presidential transitions: Joshua Bolten, President George W. Bush's former chief of staff;

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, former governor of Utah and Bush's Secretary of Health and Human Services;

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, Bill Clinton's former chief of staff; and

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, Barack Obama's Secretary of Commerce. Andrew Card, the first White House chief of staff under George W. Bush, expressed concern about the delay, noting that "the 9/11 Commission had said if there had been a longer transition n 2000and there had been cooperation, there might have been a better response, or maybe not even any attack". Four former Secretaries of Homeland Security,

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, Michael Chertoff,

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, and Jeh Johnson, called upon Murphy to initiate the transition, writing in a joint statement: "Our country is in the middle of twin crises: a global pandemic and a severe economic downturn. The pandemic will make any transition more complicated. At this period of heightened risk for our nation, we do not have a single day to spare to begin the transition. For the good of the nation, we must start now."

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, the government's leading infectious disease expert, warned the delay was "obviously not good" from a public health perspective, while President-elect Biden argued "more people may die" as a result of the delay. On November 23, after Michigan certified its results, Murphy issued the letter of ascertainment, granting the Biden transition team access to federal funds and resources for an orderly transition. Breaking with recent precedent, the letter did not call Biden "president-elect", instead fulfilling her requirements under the Act without implying that he won the election. In the letter Murphy called the Act "vague", recommended Congress "consider amendments to the Act" to improve the standard it sets for post-election allocation of resources, and described threats she had allegedly received pressuring her to act.

Timeline

Pre-election

Meetings between the transition team and the administration began with the formation of two councils in May 2020, around the time the former vice president had clinched the Democratic nomination. *April 8, 2020: Biden becomes the presumptive nominee after

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withdraws. *June 20, 2020: Initial transition team announced. *August 2020: Biden and California Senator

are nominated at the Democratic Convention. *September 5, 2020: Full transition team is made public. *November 1, 2020: Deadline for transition materials to be completed. *November 3, 2020: Election Day

Post-election

Joint session of Congress, Electoral Count, 2017

*November 4: The transition website, buildbackbetter.com, goes live. *November 7: Election is called for Biden. *November 8: GSA Administrator Emily Murphy refuses to sign a letter declaring the official start of the transition, denying funds and office space to the Biden team. *November 10: Transition Co-chair Ted Kaufman announces full transition team of at least 500 people. *November 23: Emily Murphy signs the transition letter. The transition website changed its web address from buildbackbetter.com to buildbackbetter.gov *December 9: Election results in every state and D.C. are certified. *December 11: Supreme Court rejects '' Texas v. Pennsylvania'' challenge, mooting all others. *December 14: The Electoral College formally elects Biden as president and Harris as vice president. *December 18: The Acting Secretary of Defense surprises the Biden transition team with a "mutually agreed to" suspension of contacts until January. *January 6, 2021: Congress counts Electoral College votes; interrupted by the

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. *January 7, 2021: Congress completes counting Electoral College votes and officially confirms the election results. *January 13, 2021: President Trump is

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for the second time. *January 20, 2021: Inauguration Day

Transition procedures

In accordance with the

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, potential presidential transition teams are provided office space by the

(GSA). They are also eligible for government funding for staff; spending on Mitt Romney's transition team in 2012 was $8.9 million, all funds appropriated by the U.S. government. In order for the Biden transition team to formally begin working with federal agencies, access federal transition funds, and utilize government-provided office space, Biden had to be formally certified as president-elect by the administrator of the General Services Administration. After the media projected Biden to win the election, and as Trump refused to concede, the current GSA administrator, Trump appointee Emily W. Murphy, refused to sign a letter of authorization. She argued that she had seen no certification outside of the media that Biden has won, and was under no obligation to treat Biden as president-elect. Key responsibilities of a presidential transition include the identification and vetting of candidates for approximately 4,000 non-civil service positions in the U.S. government who serve at the pleasure of the president; arranging the occupancy of executive residences including the

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, and

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; liaising with the

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for receipt of the Gold Codes; and briefing senior personnel about a new administration's policy priorities. Under existing federal law and custom, Biden became eligible to receive classified national security briefings when his nomination was formalized at the party's national convention in August 2020. The Presidential Transition Act was amended in 2019 to require the incumbent president to establish "transition councils" by June of an election year to facilitate a possible handover of power.

Transition activities

Establishment of the transition team

Biden began to appoint transition staff in May 2020, chaired by former Delaware Senator Ted Kaufman. Further staff were announced in September. The campaign had an estimated budget of $7–10 million and planned to have a staff of 300 people by early December 2020. Several working groups were set up in late September and early October. Due to the

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, much of the work was done over Zoom. Biden launched his transition website at approximately 6:30 p.m. EST on November 4, a day after Election Day and before the final election results were in.

Harris Senate transition

Harris resigned her Senate seat on January 18, 2021, two days before assuming the vice presidency. On January 19, 2021, California Governor

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announced that California Secretary of State

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succeeded Harris for the remainder of her term.

Litigation

While the transition was ongoing, multiple lawsuits were filed to contest election procedures and results. Most of these lawsuits were unsuccessful and were quickly dismissed.

COVID-19 Advisory Board

Before naming any White House staff or cabinet appointments, Biden announced that he will appoint a COVID-19 task force, co-chaired by former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler and Yale University epidemiologist Professor Marcella Nunez-Smith, to replace the previous

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. Biden pledged a larger federal government response to the pandemic than Donald Trump, akin to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's

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following the

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. This would include increased testing for the COVID virus, a steady supply of

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, distributing a vaccine and securing money from Congress for schools and hospitals under the aegis of a national "supply chain commander" who would coordinate the logistics of manufacturing and distributing protective gear and test kits. This would be distributed by a "Pandemic Testing Board", also similar to Roosevelt's

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. Biden also pledged to invoke the Defense Production Act more aggressively than Trump in order to build up supplies, as well as the mobilization of up to 100,000 Americans for a "public health jobs corps" of contact tracers to help track and prevent outbreaks. "Other members are Dr. Luciana Borio,

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, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Dr. Atul Gawande, Dr. Celine Gounder, Dr. Julie Morita, Michael Osterholm,

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, Dr.

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and Dr. Eric Goosby." Anthony Fauci confirmed on November 25 that he expected to begin working with the Biden transition team soon.

Cabinet and White House appointments

On November 11, Biden announced his choice of

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, formerly his chief of staff during his vice presidency, to serve as White House chief of staff. On November 17, Mike Donilon was named Senior Advisor to the President,

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was named deputy chief of staff, Steve Ricchetti was named

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was named

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and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, and Dana Remus was named

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. Annie Tomasini was named the Oval Office Operations Director. On November 20, 2020, Biden named Louisa Terrell director of the Office of Legislative Affairs, Carlos Elizondo

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, Catherine M. Russell director of the

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, and Mala Adiga policy director to the First Lady. On November 22, 2020, Bloomberg News and the ''New York Times'' reported that Biden had selected

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as his nominee for Secretary of State. The next day, Biden announced that he would nominate

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to be

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, Avril Haines to be the

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, and

Linda Thomas-Greenfield Linda Thomas-Greenfield (born 1952) is an American diplomat who is the United States ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden. She served as the U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 2013 to 2017. Thomas- ...

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, Jake Sullivan to be

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, and

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as special presidential envoy on climate. It was also reported that Biden will nominate former

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to be Treasury Secretary.

White House Staff

File:Ron Klain 2015.jpg,

White House Chief of Staff
(announced November 11) File:Bruce Reed-VPCOS.png, Bruce Reed

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(announced December 22) File:Mike Donilon - January 2013.jpg, Mike Donilon
Senior Advisor
(announced November 17) File:Cedric Richmond official photo.jpg,

Senior Advisor & Director of the Office of Public Engagement
(announced November 17) File:Steve Ricchetti.jpg, Steve Ricchetti

(announced November 17) File:Jeffrey Zients official portrait.jpg, Jeff Zients

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/ Covid Coordinator
(announced December 7) File:No image.svg, Dana Remus

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(announced November 17) File:Stuart Delery.png, Stuart Delery
Deputy Counsel to the President
(announced December 23) File:Julie Chavez Rodriguez (cropped).jpg, Julie Rodriguez
Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
(announced November 17) File:Catherine M Russell 2015.jpg, Cathy Russell
Director of

(announced November 20) File:Gautam Raghavan (cropped).jpg, Gautam Raghavan
Deputy Director of White House Presidential Personnel
(announced December 22) File:No image.svg, Anne Tomasini
Director of Oval Office Operations
(announced November 17) File:No image.svg, Jessica Hertz
Staff Secretary
(announced December 30) File:Catherine Lhamon staff photo-US DoE.jpg, Catherine E. Lhamon
Deputy Director,

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for Racial Justice and Equality
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(announced November 24)

Office of Communications

File:Kate Bedingfield (The Circus on SHOWTIME).jpg, Kate Bedingfield
White House Communications Director
(announced November 29) File:Pili Tobar at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.jpg, Pili Tobar
Deputy White House Communications Director
(announced November 29) File:Official photo of Jen Psaki.jpg, Jen Psaki
White House Press Secretary
(announced November 29) File:Karine Jean-Pierre at BookExpo (05336) (cropped).jpg,

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Principal Deputy Press Secretary
(announced November 29) File:Vinay Reddy, EOP.png,

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Director of Speechwriting
(announced December 22)

Office of the Vice President

File:Tina Flournoy.jpg, Hartina Flournoy
Chief of Staff to the Vice President
(announced December 3) File:Nancy McEldowney photo (cropped).jpg,

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National Security Advisor to the

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(announced December 3) File:No image.svg, Michale Fuchs
Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President
(announced December 3) File:Rohini Kosoglu.jpg, Rohini Kosoglu
Policy Advisor to the

(announced December 3) File:No image.svg, Ashley Etienne
Communications Director for the

(announced November 29) File:Symone Sanders by Gage Skidmore.jpg,

Symone Sanders Symone D. Sanders-Townsend (born December 10, 1989) is an American political strategist and commentator. She served as national press secretary for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders during his 2016 presidential campaign. She left t ...

Senior Advisor and Chief Spokesperson to the

(announced November 29) File:No image.svg, Cynthia Bernstein
Director of Management and Administration for the

(announced December 30) File:Josh Hsu Holiday Portrait2.png, Josh Hsu

Counsel A counsel or a counsellor at law is a person who gives advice and deals with various issues, particularly in legal matters. It is a title often used interchangeably with the title of ''lawyer''. The word ''counsel'' can also mean advice given ...

to the

(announced December 30) File:Philip H. Gordon.jpg, Philip Gordon
Deputy National Security Advisor to the

(announced January 16) File:No image.svg,

Herbie Ziskend Herbie Ziskend is an American political advisor and a deputy director of communications for the Biden administration since August 2022. He has previously served as a communications advisor for Vice President Kamala Harris from 2021 to 2022, and ...

Deputy Communications Director for the

(announced November 29)

Office of the First Lady

File:No image.svg, Anthony Bernal
Senior Advisor to the

First Lady First lady is an unofficial title usually used for the wife, and occasionally used for the daughter or other female relative, of a non- monarchical head of state or chief executive. The term is also used to describe a woman seen to be at the ...

(announced November 17) File:Mala Adiga portrait.jpg, Mala Adiga
Policy Director to the

(announced November 20) File:Carlos Elizondo.jpg,

Carlos Elizondo Carlos Elizondo is an American event planner and political aide who is the current White House social secretary since 2021. Elizondo previously served as a special assistant and social secretary for Joe Biden and Jill Biden during the Obama admi ...

(announced November 20) File:No image.svg, Elizabeth E. Alexander
Communications Director for the

(announced November 29) File:Julissa Reynoso, WH Chief of Staff.jpg,

Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón (born January 2, 1975) is a List of people from the Dominican Republic, Dominican-American attorney and diplomat who is the United States Ambassador to Spain and United States Ambassador to Andorra, Andorra. Most recen ...

Chief of Staff to the

(announced November 17)

Domestic policy

File:20210427-OSEC-TEW-001 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (51148817903) (cropped).jpg, Tom Vilsack

Secretary of Agriculture The United States secretary of agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The position carries similar responsibilities to those of agriculture ministers in other governments. The department includes several organi ...

(announced December 10) File:Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, official portrait (cropped).jpg, Miguel Cardona
Secretary of Education
(announced December 22) File:Secretary Marty Walsh (cropped).jpg, Marty Walsh

Secretary of Labor The United States Secretary of Labor is a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and as the head of the United States Department of Labor, controls the department, and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all o ...

(reported January 7) File:HHS Xavier Becerra (cropped).jpg,

Xavier Becerra Xavier Becerra ( ; ; born January 26, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 2021. Becerra previously served as the attorney general of California from Ja ...

Secretary of Health and Human Services The United States secretary of health and human services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all health matters. The secretary is ...

(announced December 7) File:Secretary Fudge official photo (cropped).png,

Marcia Fudge Marcia Louise Fudge (born October 29, 1952) is an American attorney and politician serving as the 18th United States secretary of housing and urban development since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the U.S. representative f ...

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
(announced December 10) File:Pete Buttigieg official photo (cropped).jpg,

Pete Buttigieg Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg ( ; ; Sometimes pronounced or , but not by Buttigieg himself. born January 19, 1982) is an American politician and former military officer who is currently serving as the United States secretary of transp ...

Secretary of Transportation A secretary, administrative professional, administrative assistant, executive assistant, administrative officer, administrative support specialist, clerk, military assistant, management assistant, office secretary, or personal assistant is a wh ...

(announced December 15) File:Secretary McDonough, official photo (cropped).jpg, Denis McDonough
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
(announced December 10) File:Susan E. Rice, DPC Director (cropped 2).jpg,

Susan Rice Susan Elizabeth Rice (born November 17, 1964) is an American diplomat, policy advisor, and public official serving as Director of the United States Domestic Policy Council since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Rice served as the 27th U.S ...

Director of the

United States Domestic Policy Council The Domestic Policy Council (DPC) is the principal forum used by the president of the United States for the consideration of domestic policy matters and senior policymaking, Cabinet, and White House officials. The Council is part of the Office ...

(announced December 10) File:Isabella Casillas Guzman, SBA Administrator.png, Isabel Guzman
Administrator,

Small Business Administration The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) is an independent agency of the United States government that provides support to entrepreneurs and small businesses. The mission of the Small Business Administration is "to maintain and stre ...

(reported January 7)

Economic policy

File:Secretary Janet Yellen portrait (cropped).jpg,

Secretary of the Treasury The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...

(announced November 30) File:Gina Raimondo (cropped 2).jpg,

Gina Raimondo Gina Marie Raimondo (; born May 17, 1971) is an American politician, lawyer, and venture capitalist who has served as the 40th United States Secretary of Commerce since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the 75th g ...

Secretary of Commerce The United States secretary of commerce (SecCom) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to commerce. The secretary rep ...

(reported January 7) File:Brian Deese official portrait.jpg, Brian Deese
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
Director, National Economic Council
(announced December 3) File:Neera Tanden by Gage Skidmore.jpg, Neera Tanden
Director,

Office of Management and Budget The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget, but it also examines agency programs, pol ...

(announced November 30) File:Katherine Tai, official portrait.jpg, Katherine Tai

United States Trade Representative The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is an agency of the United States federal government responsible for developing and promoting American trade policy. Part of the Executive Office of the President, it is headed by t ...

(announced December 10) File:Jared Bernstein, CEA Member.png, Jared Bernstein
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors
(announced November 30) File:Heather Boushey, CEA Member.jpg,

Heather Boushey Heather Marie BousheyThe New York Times''Weddings/Celebrations; Heather Boushey, Todd Tucker'' accessed August 25, 2011. (born 1970) is an American economist. Boushey currently serves as a member of President Joe Biden's Council of Economic Adv ...

Member of the Council of Economic Advisors
(announced November 30) File:Cecilia Rouse, CEA Chair.png,

Cecilia Rouse Cecilia Elena Rouse ( ; born December18, 1963) is an American economist who has served as the 30th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers since March 2021. She is the first Black American to hold this position. Prior to this, she served as t ...

Chair of the

Council of Economic Advisors The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is a United States agency within the Executive Office of the President established in 1946, which advises the President of the United States on economic policy. The CEA provides much of the empirical resea ...

(announced November 30)

Environment and energy

File:Secretary Jennifer Granholm (cropped).jpg, Jennifer Granholm
Secretary of Energy
(announced December 17) File:Secretary Deb Haaland, official headshot.jpg, Deb Haaland

Secretary of the Interior Secretary of the Interior may refer to: * Secretary of the Interior (Mexico) * Interior Secretary of Pakistan * Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (Philippines) * United States Secretary of the Interior See also *Interior ministry An ...

(announced December 17) File:Michael S. Regan official photo (cropped).jpg, Michael S. Regan
Administrator of the EPA
(announced December 17) File:Brenda Mallory, CEQ Chair portrait.jpg, Brenda Mallory

Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is a division of the Executive Office of the President that coordinates federal environmental efforts in the United States and works closely with agencies and other White House offices on the developm ...

(announced December 17) File:Gina McCarthy, National Climate Advisor.png, Gina McCarthy
White House Climate Advisor
(announced December 17) File:Ali Zaidi, Deputy National Climate Advisor.jpg, Ali Zaidi
Deputy White House Climate Advisor
(announced December 17)

Foreign affairs and national security

File:Secretary Blinken's Official Department Photo (cropped).jpg, Antony Blinken
Secretary of State
(announced November 24) File:Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III (50885754687) (cropped).jpg, Lloyd Austin

Secretary of Defense A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in so ...

(announced December 8) File:Attorney General Merrick Garland (cropped).jpg,

Merrick Garland Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist serving since March 2021 as the 86th United States attorney general. He previously served as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of ...

Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...

(announced January 7) File:Secretary Mayorkas Official Photo (cropped).jpg,

(announced November 24) File:Avril-Haines (cropped).jpg, Avril Haines

(announced November 24) File:Linda-Thomas-Greenfield-v1-8x10-1.jpg,

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations The United States ambassador to the United Nations is the leader of the U.S. delegation, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. The position is formally known as the permanent representative of the United States of America to the United Nations ...

(announced November 24) File:John Kerry portrait of Climate Envoy (cropped).jpg,

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate The United States special presidential envoy for climate is a position in the Executive Office of the President of the United States with authority over energy policy and climate policy within the executive branch. It is currently held by John Ker ...

(announced November 24) File:Lisa Monaco, Deputy Attorney General portrait.jpg, Lisa Monaco
Deputy Attorney General
(announced January 7)

Health policy

File:Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, USPHS (cropped).jpg, Dr. Vivek Murthy
Surgeon General
(announced December 7) File:CDC-Director-Rochelle-Walensky-Headshot.jpg, Dr. Rochelle Walensky
Director of the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georg ...

(announced December 7) File:Marcella Nuñez-Smith at NIMHD 10th Anniversary Symposium 01.jpg, Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith
Chair of the COVID-19 Equity Task Force
(announced December 7) File:Anthony Fauci 2020.jpg, Dr. Anthony Fauci
Chief Medical Advisor to the President
(announced December 7) File:Francis_Collins_official_photo.jpg, Dr. Francis Collins
Director of the

National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in the lat ...

(announced January 16)

Science and technology policy

Bhavya Lal was appointed as the Acting Chief of Staff for NASA at the White House. File:Eric Lander (cropped).jpg, Dr. Eric Lander
Director of the

Office of Science and Technology Policy An office is a space where an organization's employees perform administrative work in order to support and realize objects and goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific d ...

(announced January 16) File:Alondra Nelson, OSTP Deputy Director.jpg, Dr. Alondra Nelson
Deputy Director for science and society of the

(announced January 16) File:Maria Zuber - GRAIL MoonKAM Student Expo 2012 (cropped).jpg, Dr. Maria Zuber
Co-chair of the

President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is a council, chartered (or re-chartered) in each administration with a broad mandate to advise the president of the United States on science and technology. The current PCAST ...

(announced January 16) File:Frances_Arnold_EM1B5928_(32361895088).jpg, Dr. Frances Arnold
Co-chair of the

(announced January 16)

Department of Defense

There was a great deal of resistance to Biden staffers by Trump appointees, and not much cooperation. Then on December 18, acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller said in a statement that the transition team had agreed to a two-week pause in discussions over the December holiday period. This was news to the Biden transition team, who immediately said they had not agreed to any such thing.

Planned executive orders and guidelines

President-elect Joe Biden plans on signing several executive orders after being sworn into office on January 20, 2021. His planned executive orders include: * Rejoining the

Paris Agreement The Paris Agreement (french: Accord de Paris), often referred to as the Paris Accords or the Paris Climate Accords, is an international treaty on climate change. Adopted in 2015, the agreement covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and ...

* Reversing President Trump's planned withdrawal from the

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level o ...

* Reinstating the

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, colloquially referred to as DACA, is a United States immigration policy that allows some individuals with unlawful presence in the United States after being brought to the country as children to receive ...

program * Repealing Presidential Proclamation 9983 and the Presidential Memorandum on Military Service by Transgender Individuals * Barring anyone in his administration from influencing any

United States Justice Department The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United Stat ...

investigations * Instituting new ethics guidelines at the

* Freezing so-called midnight regulations that have not taken place by January 20 In addition to these executive orders, President-elect Biden plans to issue a large number of executive orders on day one relating to

climate change In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to ...

, and cancel several health care policies put in place by the Trump administration including

Medicaid Medicaid in the United States is a federal and state program that helps with healthcare costs for some people with limited income and resources. Medicaid also offers benefits not normally covered by Medicare, including nursing home care and per ...

work requirements, short-term health plans, Obamacare funding cuts, Title X abortion referral restrictions, and the Mexico City Policy, as well as reinstating

Planned Parenthood The Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA), or simply Planned Parenthood, is a nonprofit organization that provides reproductive health care in the United States and globally. It is a tax-exempt corporation under Internal Reve ...

funding and restoring LGBTQ regulations. President-elect Biden also stated he would urge all Americans to wear a mask for the first 100 days of his presidency in an effort to curb the

Transition team

Except for those noted, the transition team was announced on September 5.

Co-chairs

Anita Dunn Anita Dunn ( Babbitt; born January 8, 1958) is an American political strategist serving as a senior advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden, having originally held the post from January 20, 2021 to August 12, 2021, and returning May 5, 2022. Previ ...

, former acting White House communications director * Ted Kaufman (announced June 20, 2020), former

United States senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and po ...

from

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent ...

* Michelle Lujan Grisham, incumbent governor of New Mexico *

, incumbent

United States representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

from

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...

Jeffrey Zients Jeffrey Dunston Zients (born November 12, 1966) is an American business executive and government official who served as Counselor to the President and the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator from January 2021 to April 2022. He was the ...

, former director of the National Economic Council, former acting director of the

, former

chief performance officer of the United States Chief Performance Officer of the United States (CPO) is a position in the Office of Management and Budget (within the Executive Office of the President of the United States), first announced on January 7, 2009, by then President-elect Barack Oba ...

Advisory council

*Tony Allen, incumbent president of Delaware State University * Jared Bernstein, economist *

, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate * Leslie R. Caldwell, former Assistant Attorney General. * Mark Gitenstein, former

United States ambassador to Romania A United States diplomatic representative to Romania has existed since 1880. The United States formally recognized Romania in 1878, following the Treaty of Berlin; diplomatic relations were opened in 1880, and American diplomats were sent to the ...

* Cecilia Martinez, executive director of the Center for Earth, Energy, and Democracy * Cindy McCain (announced September 28, 2020), Chair of the

McCain Institute for International Leadership The McCain Institute for International Leadership is a Washington, D.C.-based think tank in cooperation with Arizona State University whose mission is to "advance leadership based on security, economic opportunity, freedom, and human dignity, in t ...

Board of Trustees and widow of former United States senator from Arizona and

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

Republican presidential nominee

John McCain John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two te ...

* Bob McDonald, former

United States secretary of Veterans Affairs The United States secretary of veterans affairs is the head of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the department concerned with veterans' benefits, health care, and national veterans' memorials and cemeteries. The secretary is a me ...

* Minyon Moore, principal at Dewey Square Group * Vivek Murthy, former

surgeon general of the United States The surgeon general of the United States is the operational head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government of the United States. T ...

, former

national security advisor A national security advisor serves as the chief advisor to a national government on matters of security. The advisor is not usually a member of the government's cabinet but is usually a member of various military or security councils. National sec ...

*Teresa Romero, incumbent president of the

United Farm Workers The United Farm Workers of America, or more commonly just United Farm Workers (UFW), is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States. It originated from the merger of two workers' rights organizations, the Agricultural Workers Organizing ...

* Cathy Russell, former ambassador at large for global women's issues *Lonnie Stephenson, incumbent international president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers *Felicia Wong, president and

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

of the

Roosevelt Institute The Roosevelt Institute is a liberal American think tank. According to the organization, it exists "to carry forward the legacy and values of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt by developing progressive ideas and bold leadership in the service of rest ...

* Sally Yates, former acting

Attorney General of the United States The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the ...

Staff

* Yohannes Abraham, director of day-to-day operations, former staffer in the Obama White House. *

Cecilia Muñoz Cecilia Muñoz (born July 27, 1962) is an American political advisor who served as Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council under President Obama, a position she held for five years. Prior to that, she served as the White House Direct ...

, former director of the

under President Obama *Avril Haines, national security and foreign policy, former principal deputy national security adviser and deputy director of the CIA. * Suzy George, served as an aide to former Secretary of State

Madeleine Albright Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 64th United States secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Democrat ...

. *Awenate Cobbina, director of operations, chair of Michigan Economic Development Corporation * Lisa Monaco, homeland security adviser, homeland security adviser under the Obama administration

Financing

In addition to the roughly $6 million in federal funding the transition received, it raised $22.1 million in private contributions. The Biden transition made $24 million in expenditures.

References

External links

*
Presidential Transition Directory
at the

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