Transition Team Overview -

.. A major responsibility of the Trump transition team will be to begin planning out how to fill the roughly 4,000 political appointments his administration will be required to make, about 1,000 of which require confirmation by the Senate. To date, roughly 80 people have been working full-time on Trump's transition efforts.

.. According to sources, the transition team claims to be fully prepared to formally begin their efforts and last week, department heads submitted their transition plans to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for approval.

.. Transition team department heads also submitted lists of three names for Cabinet-level positions, taking into account Trump's public statements about who he would like to see in his administration, though these names are subject to change...