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looks good. 2 items: Re strobe say that john will ck with strobe who managed career ambassadors (D committee recommendations for Clinton) Let's share memo with denis, jim, heather, jason, jim messina, anita and david p as well as bd. On 8/14/08, Chris Lu <[email protected]> wrote: > Here you go. Let me know if I should send this to everyone: > > > MEMORANDUM > August 14, 2008 > > TO : Transition Project Board > > > FROM : John Podesta and Melody Barnes > > SUBJECT : Meeting with Josh Bolten > > > > This memo will provide you with a summary of our meeting > with Josh and other White House staff on Wednesday, August 13th. > > General Information > > Bolten contacted both the Obama and McCain campaigns to > initiate conversations about the transition process. According to Bolten, > their goal is to run a smooth process. They met with Will Ball who leads > the McCain effort, and they will confirm with the press that they requested > meetings with both campaigns. Bolten said they will be sensitive to the > "presumptuousness" charge. > > Blake Gottesman - Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations -- > will be the point of contact for the White House. The White House team > consists of Bolten, Gottesman, Mike Farren (Dpty Counsel), Fred Fielding > (Counsel), Ed Gillespie (Counselor to the President), Joie Gregor (Asst to > President, Presidential Personnel), Clay Johnson (Dpty Dir, Management, > OMB), and Joel Kaplan (Dpty Chief of Staff for Policy). They requested a > list of our team members, and John gave them our contacts for GSA, > Personnel, Agency Review and National Security. > > As a general matter, the White House is preparing a number > of documents for transition. Prior to the election, they will tell us which > documents have been created (to prevent duplication of effort on our end) > and in some cases, make the documents available for review at the White > House (though some portions may be redacted). They said the limitations are > necessary to avoid triggering requirements to make the information available > more broadly. After the election, they will freely share information with > the President-elect and his team. They also told us there have been some > congressional inquiries pertaining to the Transition (for example, Waxman's > Oversight Committee). > > Anticipating the information that will be available to us > (including budget - see below), we can make requests and should think about > our list. However, it's important to keep in mind that our requests will be > conveyed to the McCain campaign and vice versa. > > One issue for Chris Lu to consider and take steps to > address: helping the Transition Board get a handle on the implications the > Intelligence Act of 2004 has on our work. > > National Security > > Information was provided on a range of National Security > issues: > > · Arrangements are being made for briefings after the convention and > more expansive briefings after the election. John requested additional > intelligence clearances for Jim and Susan as the process already accounts > for Denis and Mark. This remains an open issue. > > · For briefing purposes, NSC is preparing (1) a "world tour," (2) > scenario-based information (specific hot spots) and (3) operational plans > > · Homeland security exercises are being prepared to share with our > team during the transition period > > · John and Bolten discussed the point of contact for homeland > security information - it will come from ODNI or NCTC, not Homeland > Security. > > General Policy and Budget > > Information shared on general policy and budget issues: > > · The policy functions are preparing chronologies, timelines, 90 day > critical paths and other key information (e.g., information about relevant > Executive Orders). > > · Immediately after the election, an Administration team, including > senior leaders, will be prepared to meet with and brief our budget team. > The Administration will prepare a skeletal current services plus specific > needs budget. > > Personnel > > Information discussed regarding personnel: > > · Within 15 days of the Convention, OPM will provide a list of > Presidential appointments and openings (consistent w/ the 2004 Intelligence > Act). Briefing books are being prepared with organizational charts and > descriptions of the agencies and functions within the agencies > > > > · With Bolten and Gottesman, as well as the team that included Joie > Gregor from Personnel, we discussed the technology issues. Joie feels > strongly that the current system is in bad shape and needs to be replaced. > John raised our desire to build/use a system that's compatible with the > White House system or could be "gifted" to the White House. Ideas that > emerged from the conversation included: both campaigns working with GSA to > develop a system that could be deployed and the government could pay for on > November 5th (avoiding expenditures on our end) or designing a system that > could be gifted to the White House after inauguration. Mike Farren of the > Counsel's office is looking into various options > > > > · The White House is very focused on working with us, the McCain > campaign and the Senate to reach an agreement on an expedited confirmation > process. Their goal: 100 confirmations by the end of February. To achieve > the goal, they want OPM to share the clearance process, including the > process for special clearances, with the FBI. OPM has been doing this > work, including all DoD career and contractor clearances. Bolten also > believes it's critical for all parties to agree which positions are in the > 100; there's disagreement between Bolten and Clay Johnson who believes we'll > never reach agreement on that issue. Podesta believes they want to focus on > Cabinet and National Security positions (potentially not being receptive to > our senior level energy people, for example). The White House wants to know > who from our team will work on that issue - John said it would probably be > Mike and he would also stay highly involved. > > > > · The White House also asked our opinion on a process they've > proposed for moving career diplomats. In the normal course of business, > rotations are due to occur. The White House proposes that names be cleared > but not nominated, and we can identify which of those positions we don't > want to move through the nomination process - the others would be allowed to > move forward. This is probably OK, but we should check with Strobe. > > Agency Review > > We were told the following: > > · The clearance process will allow us to connect directly with the > FBI and our teams should be able to go into the agencies immediately after > the election. We asked when names had to go to the FBI to ensure this > timetable, and we were told the White House is discussing that with the FBI > now. As we're able to base our requests on "need" and requests will be > coming from both campaigns, the FBI is concerned about the number of names > they'll be asked to clear. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Chris Lu > Obama for America > 312-505-4864 (cell) > > ________________________________ > > From: John Podesta [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thu 8/14/2008 2:30 PM > To: Melody Barnes; Chris Lu > Subject: Re: Memo to the Board for tomorrow's meeting > > > > I can't open this for some reason. Can you paste into an email. > > > > On 8/14/08, Melody Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: >> Chris >> >> >> >> I don't know what other materials you're distributing to the Board for >> tomorrow's call, but would you circulate this one, too. >> >> >> >> Thanks so much, >> >> Melody >> >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com > > > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com Received: by 10.151.98.20 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:57:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:57:03 -0400 From: "John Podesta" <[email protected]> To: "Chris Lu" <[email protected]>, "Melody Barnes" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Memo to the Board for tomorrow's meeting In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Delivered-To: [email protected] This looks good. 2 items: Re strobe say that john will ck with strobe who managed career ambassadors (D committee recommendations for Clinton) Let's share memo with denis, jim, heather, jason, jim messina, anita and david p as well as bd. On 8/14/08, Chris Lu <[email protected]> wrote: > Here you go. Let me know if I should send this to everyone: > > > MEMORANDUM > August 14, 2008 > > TO : Transition Project Board > > > FROM : John Podesta and Melody Barnes > > SUBJECT : Meeting with Josh Bolten > > > > This memo will provide you with a summary of our meeting > with Josh and other White House staff on Wednesday, August 13th. > > General Information > > Bolten contacted both the Obama and McCain campaigns to > initiate conversations about the transition process. According to Bolten= , > their goal is to run a smooth process. They met with Will Ball who leads > the McCain effort, and they will confirm with the press that they request= ed > meetings with both campaigns. Bolten said they will be sensitive to the > "presumptuousness" charge. > > Blake Gottesman - Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations -- > will be the point of contact for the White House. The White House team > consists of Bolten, Gottesman, Mike Farren (Dpty Counsel), Fred Fielding > (Counsel), Ed Gillespie (Counselor to the President), Joie Gregor (Asst t= o > President, Presidential Personnel), Clay Johnson (Dpty Dir, Management, > OMB), and Joel Kaplan (Dpty Chief of Staff for Policy). They requested a > list of our team members, and John gave them our contacts for GSA, > Personnel, Agency Review and National Security. > > As a general matter, the White House is preparing a numbe= r > of documents for transition. Prior to the election, they will tell us wh= ich > documents have been created (to prevent duplication of effort on our end) > and in some cases, make the documents available for review at the White > House (though some portions may be redacted). They said the limitations = are > necessary to avoid triggering requirements to make the information availa= ble > more broadly. After the election, they will freely share information wit= h > the President-elect and his team. They also told us there have been som= e > congressional inquiries pertaining to the Transition (for example, Waxman= 's > Oversight Committee). > > Anticipating the information that will be available to us > (including budget - see below), we can make requests and should think abo= ut > our list. However, it's important to keep in mind that our requests will= be > conveyed to the McCain campaign and vice versa. > > One issue for Chris Lu to consider and take steps to > address: helping the Transition Board get a handle on the implications = the > Intelligence Act of 2004 has on our work. > > National Security > > Information was provided on a range of National Security > issues: > > =B7 Arrangements are being made for briefings after the conventio= n and > more expansive briefings after the election. John requested additional > intelligence clearances for Jim and Susan as the process already accounts > for Denis and Mark. This remains an open issue. > > =B7 For briefing purposes, NSC is preparing (1) a "world tour," = (2) > scenario-based information (specific hot spots) and (3) operational plans > > =B7 Homeland security exercises are being prepared to share with = our > team during the transition period > > =B7 John and Bolten discussed the point of contact for homeland > security information - it will come from ODNI or NCTC, not Homeland > Security. > > General Policy and Budget > > Information shared on general policy and budget issues: > > =B7 The policy functions are preparing chronologies, timelines, 9= 0 day > critical paths and other key information (e.g., information about relevan= t > Executive Orders). > > =B7 Immediately after the election, an Administration team, inclu= ding > senior leaders, will be prepared to meet with and brief our budget team. > The Administration will prepare a skeletal current services plus specific > needs budget. > > Personnel > > Information discussed regarding personnel: > > =B7 Within 15 days of the Convention, OPM will provide a list of > Presidential appointments and openings (consistent w/ the 2004 Intelligen= ce > Act). Briefing books are being prepared with organizational charts and > descriptions of the agencies and functions within the agencies > > > > =B7 With Bolten and Gottesman, as well as the team that included = Joie > Gregor from Personnel, we discussed the technology issues. Joie feels > strongly that the current system is in bad shape and needs to be replaced= . > John raised our desire to build/use a system that's compatible with the > White House system or could be "gifted" to the White House. Ideas that > emerged from the conversation included: both campaigns working with GSA = to > develop a system that could be deployed and the government could pay for = on > November 5th (avoiding expenditures on our end) or designing a system tha= t > could be gifted to the White House after inauguration. Mike Farren of th= e > Counsel's office is looking into various options > > > > =B7 The White House is very focused on working with us, the McCai= n > campaign and the Senate to reach an agreement on an expedited confirmatio= n > process. Their goal: 100 confirmations by the end of February. To achi= eve > the goal, they want OPM to share the clearance process, including the > process for special clearances, with the FBI. OPM has been doing this > work, including all DoD career and contractor clearances. Bolten also > believes it's critical for all parties to agree which positions are in th= e > 100; there's disagreement between Bolten and Clay Johnson who believes we= 'll > never reach agreement on that issue. Podesta believes they want to focus= on > Cabinet and National Security positions (potentially not being receptive = to > our senior level energy people, for example). The White House wants to k= now > who from our team will work on that issue - John said it would probably b= e > Mike and he would also stay highly involved. > > > > =B7 The White House also asked our opinion on a process they've > proposed for moving career diplomats. In the normal course of business, > rotations are due to occur. The White House proposes that names be clear= ed > but not nominated, and we can identify which of those positions we don't > want to move through the nomination process - the others would be allowed= to > move forward. This is probably OK, but we should check with Strobe. > > Agency Review > > We were told the following: > > =B7 The clearance process will allow us to connect directly with = the > FBI and our teams should be able to go into the agencies immediately afte= r > the election. We asked when names had to go to the FBI to ensure this > timetable, and we were told the White House is discussing that with the F= BI > now. As we're able to base our requests on "need" and requests will be > coming from both campaigns, the FBI is concerned about the number of name= s > they'll be asked to clear. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Chris Lu > Obama for America > 312-505-4864 (cell) > > ________________________________ > > From: John Podesta [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thu 8/14/2008 2:30 PM > To: Melody Barnes; Chris Lu > Subject: Re: Memo to the Board for tomorrow's meeting > > > > I can't open this for some reason. Can you paste into an email. > > > > On 8/14/08, Melody Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: >> Chris >> >> >> >> I don't know what other materials you're distributing to the Board for >> tomorrow's call, but would you circulate this one, too. >> >> >> >> Thanks so much, >> >> Melody >> >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com > > > --=20 Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com