we are talking about how presidential transitions work with martha kumar.y, are they receiving briefings and how much information do they get as far as national security? >> guest: the national security briefings are for the candidates that have been nominated for the presidency. they would not get a briefings until that point. yes, they would get briefings that are from the national intelligence operation, and the director of national intelligence. they are not the same as what a president would get. in 2008, particularly with relations to sources and methods of information, and those president bush did not want to hand over until he said that when the president-elect came in and was sitting in his chair, but that was the time when you get sources and methods. you don't need that complicated bit of information. and when you compress -- >> host: the transition teams than suffer the candidates or whatever stage they're at, how underfunded? i get taxpayer-funded? >> guest: all of the agency review canseco in our volunteer. there will be staff funding once you

host: our next guest is martha kumar.l us a little bit about the project and what is involved in it. guest: the project is an effort to provide information for new people coming into the white house in january. records act ofl 1978 calls for all the records from an outgoing administration to leave that are aware and to be processed for a presidential library so the public can then view the record. our project is a group of scholars and we do interviews with people who have served who we have chosen who are important to a new start in an administration my chief of staff, national security council, press, communications, and some who are not well known like those who control the paper going in and out of the oval office. we do interviews that focus on the functions of the office and the responsibilities of the look at thed we office and how it has developed over time. we do essays that then focus on that and it gives an opportunity for a new person coming into and about their jobs. in the past two weeks, there have been two