The only thing on Obama's schedule today is a meeting with vice president-elect Joe Biden.
Behind the scenes, however, the Obama camp is cobbling together a Cabinet and a White House staff. A domestic policy adviser and White House counsel are expected to be named this week, with Cabinet appointees coming possibly next week.
Sources said that Obama is trying to design a team that fits together like a jigsaw puzzle, as Obama transition co-chairwoman Valerie Jarrett explained recently.
"He wants to make sure it represents the diversity of our country, diversity in perspectives, diversity in race, diversity in geography," Jarrett told "Meet the Press" earlier this month.
The transition team also wants to be sure that personnel can get along, and that it does not rely so heavily on former Clinton administration officials that it looks like a third Clinton term.
Consideration of Hillary Clinton for secretary of state highlights that dilemma for Obama, who has already tapped several former Clintonistas for top jobs.
For instance, Larry Summers has been a leading candidate for Treasury secretary, but he already served that role in Bill Clinton's administration, and that could complicate his chances.
"There's no question there are going to be people who had experience in the Clinton administration at some level who will be considered," said Leon Panetta, Bill Clinton's former chief of staff who heads Obama's transition team. "But I think there will be a lot of other people considered as well."
Consideration of Hillary Clinton has other ramifications. Lawyer Greg Craig was said to have wanted a foreign policy job at the National Security Agency or the State Department, but Craig and Clinton are said not to get along.
That's one factor that now has Craig instead in line for the White House counsel job, sources said.
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