President-Elect Biden To Begin Formal Transition Process After Agency OK

GSA Administrator Emily Murphy had been blocking President-elect Joe Biden from receiving government funds and office space to begin his transition.

Susan Walsh / AP

Updated at 8 p.m. ET

Joe Biden’s administration can formally begin its transition to power after a previously little-known federal agency on Monday ascertained Biden as the apparent winner of the election more than two weeks after the Democrat became president-elect.

The awaited decision from the General Services Administration provides the incoming Biden team with federal resources and access to agencies.