Time to start planning for the 2020 presidential transition
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2/"First, candidates should resist the urge to focus solely on campaigning or planning for a presidential transition in secret. Even though President Trump will surely accuse his opponents of arrogantly assuming victory (Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) did exactly this during the
3/"campaign in 2008), preparing for governance is too critical to ignore and transparency is too important a democratic value to sacrifice. Second, in order for candidates to do this, it is important that the news media not take the bait. A candidate who openly begins to plan for
4/"her transition need not be accused of “measuring the drapes” as candidates have been in the past. Early transition planning is prudent and necessary, not a sign of presumption. Third, it’s very important that Congress take its oversight responsibilities serious on this issue.
5/"Regular hearings on how the federal government is preparing for a possible transition should be held. A good first step is to make sure the White House and General Services Administration (GSA) are adhering to the Presidential Transition Improvements Act of 2015, including
6/"preparing to name a White House transition office and federal transition coordinator in May of the election year. Such hearings would also offer an opportunity to reflect on what transpired during the transition in 2016 and reach consensus on how to do it better."
