# What specifically does a transition team do?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 7, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-specifically-does-a-transition-team-do/703953 "2014-11-07T04:40:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-specifically-does-a-transition-team-do/703953/1 "2014-11-07T04:40:32Z")

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The incumbent loses, the challenger wins and puts together a transition team. What specifically does the transition team do?

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-specifically-does-a-transition-team-do/703953/2 "2014-11-07T05:27:03Z")

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A lot of it is picking people to fill jobs.

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**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-specifically-does-a-transition-team-do/703953/3 "2014-11-07T06:04:52Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> A lot of it is picking people to fill jobs.

And building a Table of Organization, or setting up the Chain of Command, if you prefer.

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**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-specifically-does-a-transition-team-do/703953/4 "2014-11-08T06:16:29Z")

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“What does a transition team do?”

Earns money, mostly. Kind of like college administrators.