After the General Services Administration (GSA) formally entered the transition process, President-elect Joe Biden’s team will begin to meet in the next with officials of the government of Donald Trump to analyze the response to the coronavirus pandemic and review national security issues.
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Those will be the first steps after the letter received from Emily Murphy, the GSA administrator who had been reluctant to sign the document that initiates the transition, according to Yohannes Abraham, executive director of Biden’s transition team and vice president-elect. , Kamala Harris.
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Their delay had prevented Biden’s team from receiving health and national security reports and funding to hire staff. and carry out other coordination tasks before taking office on January 20.
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“It is a necessary step to begin addressing the problems facing our country, including bringing the pandemic under control and redirecting our economy,” Abraham said in a statement. “In the coming days, the transition team will begin meeting with federal officials. to talk about the response to the pandemic, review all our national security, “he added.
Biden, Democrats and an increasing number of Republicans insisted that the transition be given the green light. Biden and his team, who had been working with information from the news media and experts, now they have to catch up, prepare a huge budget and fill more than 4,000 positions in dozens of federal agencies, according to USA Today.
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“Now that the GSA Administrator has accomplished her task and given her approval to the election results, the formal transition of the presidency can begin in full swing,” said Max Stier, President and CEO of Collaboration for Service. Public, a non-partisan organization.
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“Unfortunately, each day that was lost due to the lack of clearance from the GSA was a missed opportunity for the outgoing government to help the president-elect prepare to face the country’s biggest problems,” added Stier.
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Biden and the Democrats had said the delay could pose a threat to national security and undermine team readiness President-elect’s transitional team to coordinate pressing issues such as the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine.
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