LEADER 03343nam 2200553 450 001 9910797392503321 005 20230807220008.0 010 $a1-4214-1660-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000434711 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3433434 035 $a(OCoLC)911034304 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42632 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3433434 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11064670 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000434711 100 $a20150624h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBefore the oath $ehow George W. Bush and Barack Obama managed a transfer of power /$fMartha Joynt Kumar 210 1$aBaltimore, [Maryland] :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (331 pages) 311 $a1-4214-1659-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"Having watched from a front row seat as many incumbent and electoral campaign presidential teams managed administration transitions, Martha Kumar was struck by how productively the Bush and Obama teams worked together to effect a smooth transition of power in 2008. She has reflected upon what made the transition so effective, and wonders if it could be a model for future incoming and outgoing administrations. This book focuses on the preparations made by President Bush's transition team as well as those by Senators Obama and McCain as one administration exited and the other entered the White House. Using this recent transition as a lens through which to examine the presidential transition process, Kumar simultaneously outlines the congressional legislation that paved the way for this distinctive transition and interweaves comparative examples from previous administrative transitions going back to Truman-to-Eisenhower. She evaluates the early and continuing actions by the General Services Administration to plan and set up transition offices; the work on financial disclosure issues handled by the Office of Government Ethics; and the Office of Management and Budget's preparatory work. In this fascinating historical and contemporary vivisection of presidential transitions, Kumar maps out, in the words of former NSA advisor General James L. Jones, the characteristics of a smooth "glide path" for presidential campaign staffs and their administrations"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xTransition periods 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xTransition periods$xPlanning 606 $aAdministrative procedure$zUnited States 606 $aExecutive departments$zUnited States$xManagement 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection$y2008 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009 615 0$aPresidents$xTransition periods. 615 0$aPresidents$xTransition periods$xPlanning. 615 0$aAdministrative procedure 615 0$aExecutive departments$xManagement. 615 0$aPresidents$xElection 676 $a973.931 686 $aPOL040000$aPOL040010$2bisacsh 700 $aKumar$b Martha Joynt$0254419 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797392503321 996 $aBefore the oath$93716197 997 $aUNINA