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Stier and Eagles head up the Center for Presidential Transition, and have kept in touch since an April meeting in New York with senior staff to the Trump, Clinton and Sanders campaigns who they say are at different stages in building their transition teams, each with “different levels of maturity” in their operations.
The Center for Presidential Transition was launched by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service in January of this year to ensure the smooth, safe and efficient transfer of power between one administration to the next.
Both said presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump already has a head start, after announcing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as his transition chairman on May 9.
“I think it’s great that Trump has announced his transition coordinator and they all ought to, starting now you’re still starting late,” Stier said. “It’s better than starting post convention ... but the size of task is so large that there’s no way you can do it too early.”
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In recent years, Stier and Eagles have even seen a shift in how campaigns approach their transition teams, some using them as a test run to show voters their effectiveness in governing.
“The non-traditional candidates are thinking of this as something that will be a political asset for them. Like smart planning and being able to execute early on day one. Good management, finding good people,” Eagles said. “I think longer term it will be viewed as a political asset, it won't be viewed as a liability historically
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