Friday, November 14, 2008 3:45 PM

More Names Emerge To Guide Department Transitions

By KEVIN FRIEDL

Days after the Obama transition team named the review panels that will oversee its coordination with the departments of State, Defense and the Treasury, it has followed up for the rest of the departments.

The list of names, which tops 100 people, is something of a data dump, coming as it does at the end of the weekly news cycle. But a quick scan finds the list nearly as heavy with former Clintonistas (Dawn Johnsen, Ivo Daalder) as the State, Treasury and Defense hirings. Another group earning representation on the list: former Obama campaign bundlers, including Don Beyer, Don Gips and Tom Perrelli, each of whom has raised at least $500,000 for Obama.

Overseeing the overseers are the members of Obama's transition working group. Among them: Reed Hundt, FCC chairman during much of the '90s; Seth Harris, who worked on labor policy for the campaign; David J. Hayes, deputy secretary of the Interior under President Clinton; Ray Rivera, former political director for AFSCME; and Louisa Terrell, formerly of Yahoo.

Complete memo after the jump.

Obama-Biden Transition Team Announces Broad list of Agency Review Team Leads

WASHINGTON -- The Obama-Biden Transition Team today announced a broad list of Agency Review Team leads that will complete a thorough review of key departments, agencies and commissions of the United States government, as well as the White House, to provide the President-elect, Vice President-elect, and key advisors with information needed to make strategic policy, budgetary, and personnel decisions prior to the inauguration.

The list includes teams that will review the Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of Energy, Department of Education, Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Commerce, and the Department of Agriculture.

The teams will begin their efforts today, and will ensure that senior appointees have the information necessary to complete the confirmation process, lead their departments, and begin implementing signature policy initiatives immediately after they are sworn in.

To view the entire list, click here: http://change.gov/agencyreviewteams.

CORRECTION: The original version of this report misspelled Dawn Johnsen's name.

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