现在2020年竞选已经结束，当选总统乔·拜登已经获得足够的选举团选票成为下一任美国总统，组建政府的艰苦工作开始了。在从选举日到就职日的短暂冲刺中，为了从一位总统过渡到下一位总统，有大量的工作要做。
保护即将上任的当选总统和即将离任的总统的安全是总统过渡的最关键的方面，因为特勤局确保他们能够履行职责。虽然特勤局在选举期间为现任总统和其他候选人提供保护选举一旦当选总统被提名保护伞扩张变得更加复杂。
特勤局的强化通常始于局长或指定人员会见当选总统、当选副总统，有时还会见他们的家人，讨论任何问题和顾虑。这次会议的一部分包括一个简报，重点是他们可能面临的情况，包括从密集的媒体审查到来自恐怖组织的威胁的一切。由于特勤局保护对家庭成员的影响，这些简报高度敏感;特勤局的保护包括24小时人员配备、监控和跟踪。
然而，家庭成员可以选择拒绝特勤局的细节，如唐纳德·特朗普Jr .在2017年秋天做了一小段时间。根据《美国法典》第18编第3056条，只有当选总统和当选副总统需要保持保护。
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当民主党总统候选人乔·拜登向全国发表讲话时，特工袖手旁观
当选总统和他的团队还必须经历无数次关于国家政策和运作各个方面的简报。这包括当选总统可以使用的总统每日简报(PDB)，以及关于秘密行动的背景简报。PDB和秘密简报会由国家情报局局长办公室、中央情报局、国家安全局、联邦信息局和国土安全部领导，帮助即将上任的政府了解世界政治动态、潜在威胁和总统维护国家安全所需了解的其他细节。
美国中央情报局前代理副局长、乔治·布什总统的每日情报简报人迈克尔·莫雷尔在接受总统过渡中心播客采访时说简报很重要"因为在就职日，这些秘密行动将成为新总统的权利."对于大多数即将上任的政府来说，这是总统真正的重量开始下降的时候。虽然一场运动可能充满了花言巧语和夸夸其谈，但世界上发生的问题往往会缓和话题。
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民主党总统候选人、前副总统乔·拜登身边都是秘密特工
虽然实体安全正在增加，情报简报正在进行，但根据《总统过渡法案》，当选总统在准备就职时也得到总务管理局的协助。美国总务署帮助新政府的大部分后勤工作，包括确定过渡办公空间和选择一家搬家公司来帮助新总统搬进白宫，并支付总统过渡期间发生的费用。
根据总统过渡中心的数据，即将上任的政府还将组建一个过渡小组，该小组必须帮助确定约4000个政治任命职位的候选人，其中约1200个需要参议院确认。这些职位的详细信息列在由美国总务署出版的通常被称为“梅花书”中。这本书还列出了在现任政府中担任这些职位的所有员工的姓名。
与此同时，当选总统通常也会在白宫会见现任总统，而第一夫人会问候即将上任的第一夫人。这个会一部分是手续，一部分是后勤。当选总统和他的配偶参观了白宫，并被问及许多与白宫装饰、功能、喜欢和不喜欢有关的问题。当他们这样做的时候，现任和下一届政府的工作人员正在谈话和会面，试图创造一个尽可能无缝的转移。
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当选副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯和当选总统乔·拜登在发表演讲后站在舞台上
当选总统下次参观白宫通常是在就职日，在12小时的马拉松比赛中，白宫工作人员将把现任总统搬出去，新总统搬进来，入住时间为下午12:01。
How the presidential transition between Trump and Biden will work
Now that the 2020 campaign is over and President-electJoe Bidenhas secured enough electoral college votes to become the next president of the United States, the hard work of forming a government begins. In the short sprint from Election Day to Inauguration Day, there is a mountain of work to be done in order to transition from one president to the next.
Keeping both the incoming president-elect and outgoing president safe is the most critical aspect of the presidential transition, as the Secret Service ensures they are able to do their jobs. While the Secret Service provides protection to both the incumbent president and the other candidates during anelection, once the president-elect is named, thatprotective umbrella expandsand becomes more intricate.
That Secret Service enhancement typically begins with the director or a designee meeting with the president-elect, vice president-elect and sometimes their families to cover any questions and concerns. Part of this meeting involves a briefing focused on what they may face, including everything from intensive media scrutiny to threats from terror organizations. These briefings are highly sensitive due to the impact of Secret Service protection on family members; Secret Service protection includes 24-hour staffing, monitoring and tracking.
However, family members may choose to decline a Secret Service detail, asDonald TrumpJr. did for a short period of time in the fall of 2017. Under 18 U.S. Code 3056, only the president-elect and vice president-elect are required to maintain protection.
The president-elect and his team must also undergo a myriad of briefings about every facet of the nation’s policy and operations. This includes the President’s Daily Briefing (PDB), which becomes available to the president-elect, and background briefings on covert actions. The PDB and covert briefings are led by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Information and the Department of Homeland Security and help bring the incoming administration up to speed on the world’s political dynamics, potential threats and other details a president needs to know to keep the nation safe.
In an interview for the Center for Presidential Transition’s podcast, Michael Morell, the former acting and deputy director of the CIA and President George W. Bush’s daily intelligence briefer, said thebriefings are important“because on Inauguration Day, these covert actions will become the new president’s.” For most incoming administrations, this is when the real weight of the presidency sinks in. While a campaign can be full of rhetoric and bombast, the issues occurring in the world often temper talking points.
While the physical security is increasing and intelligence briefings are taking place, under the Presidential Transition Act, the president-elect is also given assistance from the General Services Administration (GSA) as they prepare to assume office. The GSA helps with much of the logistics of an incoming administration, including identifying transitional office space and selecting a moving company to help move the incoming president into the White House, and pays for expenses that are incurred during a presidential transition.
An incoming administration also forms a transition team, which must help identify candidates for around 4,000 political appointment positions, of which about 1,200 require Senate confirmation, according to the Center for Presidential Transition. The details of these positions are listed in what is commonly called the Plum Book, which is published by the GSA. The book also lays out the name of all the employees holding those positions in the current administration.
Meanwhile, the president-elect typically also has a meeting with the current president at the White House, while the First Lady greets the incoming First Lady. Part of this meeting is formalities, the other is for logistics. The president-elect and spouse receive a tour of the White House and are asked a myriad of questions related to White House decor, functions, likes and dislikes. While they do that, staff members of the current and incoming administration are talking and meeting to try to create as seamless a transfer as possible.
The next time the president-elect typically sees the White House is on Inauguration Day where, in a 12-hour marathon, the White House staff will move the current president out and new president in, with a occupancy time of 12:01 p.m.
