High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Office of the President-Elect was a title used by Barack Obama to reference to the body coordinating the transition activities of the President-elect of the United States. The office is not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, nor is it a statutory office of the Federal Government; however, under the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (P.L. 88-277), amended by The Presidential Transitions Effectiveness Act of 1998 (P.L. 100-398) and The Presidential Transition Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-293), the President-Elect is entitled to request and receive certain privileges from the General Services Administration as he prepares to assume office.