The move will allow the transition to officially begin, permitting current administration agency officials to coordinate with the incoming Biden team, and providing millions in government funding for the transition.
The Biden team has not waited for the formal transition process to begin preparing for the presidency, as Biden announced several Cabinet picks on Monday .
A Biden official said the most urgent need was for the transition to be given access to Covid-19 data and the vaccine distribution plans.
Yohannes Abraham, executive director of Biden's transition, said the start of the transition was a "needed step to begin tackling the challenges facing our nation, including getting the pandemic under control and our economy back on track.".
"This final decision is a definitive administrative action to formally begin the transition process with federal agencies," Abraham said.
But the official said staffers will begin to cooperate with the Biden transition team, adding that they were seeking more information on next steps.
Democratic committee chairmen sent a slew of new letters to Murphy on Tuesday demanding she allow the transition to begin and warning of the consequences for failing to do so. »
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