As a closing act for the Transition, Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett requested that the Office of Public Liaison create a process by which Americans outside of Washington could come together to present ideas directly to the President a Citizens Briefing Book. The idea was to use the Transition website, change.gov, to create a grassroots version of the research binders that presidents receive every day. But instead of advice from top government officials, the Citizen's Briefing Book is composed of ideas submitted by ordinary people and reflecting the enthusiastic engagement from the public we...