GSA traditionally provides IT services that facilitate “secure connectivity and collaboration” between transition teams and the federal government,” but the Trump team has chosen to forgo using them.

Trump's transition will be paid for by private, not public, dollars under a transition agreement reached with the Biden White House.

After a lengthy delay, President-elect Trump has signed off on a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the White House, which will allow officials to meet with counterparts at departments and agencies ahead of the January transition of power.

Donald Trump's transition team has signed a long-awaited memorandum of understanding with President Joe Biden and the White House to open up the door of the incoming administration to key government offices.

Without the signed agreement, Biden administration officials were restricted in what they could share with the incoming team.

The signed transition agreement came after there were some initial hold ups as it was supposed to have been signed by October 1. The holdups strained initial interactions between