It is rare to see a bunch of news about Representative Capuano.

I saw this first on NYT's The Caucus Blog:

Ms. Pelosi has named Representative Michael S. Capuano of Massachusetts to head her transition team.

The story appears in greater detail in todays Boston Globe:

WASHINGTON -- House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi yesterday named US Representative Michael E. Capuano of Somerville to head her transition team, as Pelosi prepares to take over as the first female House speaker in history in January.

The assignment will give Capuano a major role in shaping the House agenda for the beginning of the term, as well as oversight on a host of logistical issues involving the change from Republican to Democratic control of the House. Capuano said the transition team will help determine office assignments, make staffing decisions, and maintain budget controls.

"It's going to be one humongous pain in the neck, but it has to be done," said Capuano, adding that the assignment is likely to keep him in Washington for much of the next six weeks. "I've never been in the majority, so we're going to start from scratch."

Capuano, a former Somerville mayor who coasted to a fifth two-year term last week, holds the House seat once occupied by the late House speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill of Cambridge.

In a statement, Pelosi said she is turning to Capuano because of his experience heading a task force charged with reexamining House Democratic caucus rules. That committee has not yet issued recommendations, and Capuano said he expects some of that work to be coordinated with his efforts on the transition team.