The OCA uses an in depth, data driven CapSTAT process to improve agency performance. Meetings hosted by the Mayor and/or City Administrator focus on timely policy issues and agency processes and provide data and information to spark thoughtful discussion and lead to actionable outcomes. The CapSTAT team, housed in the Office of Performance Management, works in coordination with agency partners to identify and recommend solutions to pressing challenges. We are updating the materials on this page – please check back soon!
Jennifer Reed
Director of the Office of Budget and Performance Management
Jenny Reed is the Director of the Office of Budget and Performance Management. The office uses budget data, strategic planning, and innovation to continuously improve the programs and services DC government delivers. Jenny first joined DC Government in 2015 as the Mayor’s Deputy Budget Director. Prior to that role, she spent nearly eight years at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute where she served as Deputy Director.
Reed is widely recognized as an expert on the DC budget, affordable housing, poverty and income trends, and tax policy. Her research has contributed to a number of important budget and policy outcomes, including increased funding to address the city’s affordable housing shortfall, improved public access to key DC budget information, and improvements to policies governing the city’s financial reserves. Jenny also served as a member of the Board of Commissioners for the DC Housing Authority, appointed to the Board by the DC Consortium of Legal Service Providers, and served in the Housing Advocate position. Jenny holds an undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Rhode Island and a Masters in Public Policy from George Washington University.