The 16 members of Mr. Tower's transition staff began a tense wait to find out what the future holds for them.

The rules deal only with the two-month transition staff.

His transition staff for national security cannot do the job of creating policy.

Sandy Berger, the leader of the transition staff, has commissioned various policy papers from able, senior people.

The foundation has also just sent resumes of 2,500 conservatives to the transition staff.

But as early as next week he'll announce that the transition staff will expand to 16 people.

In any case, the transition staff continued to support Mr. Ickes.

The Pataki aides also asked whether it would be possible to place some members of the transition staff on the state payroll.

The anxiety that had been building within the transition staff since the election suddenly matured into the immediacy of hard work today.

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