The business connections of the transition committee's chairman, Vernon Jordan, present one such dilemma.

Members of the transition committee will each serve on one or more of the search committees, which will also include other members.

Once they are chosen, key members of the new administration, will also be asked to join the transition committee.

He was also treasurer of the Governor's 1994-95 inaugural and transition committees, which have been criticized for concealing information about their finances.

He tapped former Clinton administration aides, prominent lawyers and civil-rights leaders for his transition committee.

He stressed that there was not yet a formal transition committee, just the planning group.

In September 1983, he was made the chairman of a presidential transition committee, which further demonstrated the trust the president had in his capabilities.

While it lays out the ground rules of how to join the centers, it leaves the thorny details to a transition committee.

Reed put together a 67-member transition committee to aide his transition staff in policy issues.

Members of the transition committee included current and former elected officials, community leaders, and politically active citizens.