The process is governed by the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, which has been amended over the years. Under the Act, the federal government provides resources, such as funding, office space, and ...

Meanwhile, the presidential transition teams work to help the president-elect with a variety of tasks. This includes selecting "more than 4,000 presidential appointees, including more than 1,200 who ...

Q: How does the handover of presidential power work? A. The time after the election is referred to as the transition period and is used to prepare for the change of power from the sitting president to ...

Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered host Julia Furukawa to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. President Donald Trump signed a ...