Can someone explain to me why GSA won't allow transition?

There is no reason. None.

Every political appointee in DC is basically in an abusive relationship with our President. Hell, I guess we all are.

I presume she's CYA and waiting for the election to be certified?

I think this is genuinely one of those messy areas of our system. In a normal year, the loser concedes and the transition begins. The ONLY modern year where no one conceded was 2000 where the GSA waited until the Supreme Court stopped the recount in Florida which made the winner obvious to certify and start the transition process. So she feels like she's in an impossible situation as there is no precedent for a president being a petulant child and abusing the court process frivolously. I HOPE that after the states complete their certifications she can move on to formally authorizing the transition, but I do think that it's one of these areas where we've relied upon people's respect for our process and the voters without clearly defined legal guidelines. From what I've read, she's not a trumpster despite being appointed by him and knows she's going to be vilified no matter what happens so is looking for something other than AP calling the race to legally move forward. There was a good article a read a day or two ago about her background and talking to her associates, I'll see if I can find it.

The newest strategy is to get to obscure counties and have them not certify results (ala Wayne County in MI).

"The moves don’t reflect a coordinated effort across the battleground states that broke for Biden, local election officials said. Instead, they seem to be inspired by Trump’s incendiary rhetoric about baseless fraud and driven by Republican acquiescence to broadsides against the nation’s electoral system as state and federal courts push aside legal challenges filed by Trump and his allies.

Still, what happened in Wayne County, Michigan, on Tuesday was a jarring reminder of the disruptions that can still be caused as the nation works through the process of affirming the outcome of the Nov. 3 election.

There is no precedent for the Trump team’s widespread effort to delay or undermine certification, according to University of Kentucky law professor Joshua Douglas.

“It would be the end of democracy as we know it,” Douglas said. “This is just not a thing that can happen.”

Certifying results is a routine yet important step after local election officials have tallied votes, reviewed procedures, checked to ensure votes were counted correctly and investigated discrepancies. Typically, this certification is done by a local board of elections and then, later, the results are certified at the state level.

But as Trump has refused to concede to Biden and continues to spread false claims of victory, this mundane process is taking on new significance.

Among key battleground states, counties in Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin have all made it through the initial step of certifying results. Except for Wayne County, this process has largely been smooth. Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia still haven’t concluded their local certifications.

Then all eyes turn to statewide certification."

apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-local-elections-arizona-michigan-fa1f61cc5de6352deaa588dab908128e

And let's not forget that the only time in recent history we've had such a long delay in concession was in 2000 when the outgoing Clinton admin were definitely readying the transition. They just didn't know who would ultimately win between Bush or Gore at SCOTUS over the 600 "hanging chads".

This time it's an admin that is pretending that it's not going anywhere and not readying anything.

I have tried to call many times, too.

I called one day last week and actually got through to a person who spoke respectfully. I left a message for Emily, along with my email and phone number.

I know she’ll never see it, but it made me feel like I did something, at least.

They’ve obviously stopped answering the phones.

She knows she’s losing her job on 1/21/20 and still won’t sign the letter. She’s a piece of shit who I hope can never find another job.

Red, just to be 100% sure, I read the federal code, congressional directives/notes, summaries, etc, and nowhere does it state a concession by the losing incumbent is a predicate to the ascertainment by the GSA. Nowhere. And there is also no predicate of state certification.

She’s doing this under the pretext of the contested election in 2000, which is a ridiculous basis to use because the winner then truly wasn’t known for weeks. Obviously, this is not the case this time as it is clear to everybody who doesn’t believe in crackpot conspiracy theories that Biden is the president-elect. I don’t really know for a fact what Murphy’s genuine motivation is, but whatever it is, it’s becoming more and more suspect with each passing day of inaction.

They want to recind AFTER they spoke to trump 

I read somewhere that Emily reached out to the man who was the GSA guy in 2000 and he told her this is drastically different and she should sign the letter. He was interviewed and it's on tape.  If I can find it I will post.

If there is any karma, I hope Emily is sued for wrongful death because her lack of action is going to cause more covid deaths.