Mission
The mission of the Economic Development and Regulation Cluster (EDRC) is to provide accurate, efficient and timely financial services in the areas of budget development, budget execution, accounting, and financial reporting to support EDRC’s agencies in achieving their core mission.
Functions
Critical functions and tasks to accomplish our mission include:
- Providing timely and meaningful information to agency directors and program staff.
- Managing all budget, finance, and accounting activities.
- Producing financial reports.
- Ensuring the financial integrity of the programs, activities, and resources of cluster agencies.
- Delivering the right information to the right people at the right time.
Key Activities
The OCFO EDRC team provides budget, financial/accounting support and oversight to 23 agencies, which include core, paper, and independent agencies.
Core Agencies
- Alcoholic Bevarage and Cannabis Administration (ABCA)
- Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH)
- Department of Building (DOB)
- Department of For-Hire Vehicles (DFHV)
- Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)
- Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB)
- Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP)
- Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD)
- Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment (OCTFME)
- Office of Planning (OP)
- Office of the Tenant Advocate (OTA)
- Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED)
- Office of the People's Counsel (OPC)
- Office of Zoning (DCOZ)
- Public Service Commission (PSC)
- Real Property Tax Appeals Commission (RPTAC)
- Rental Housing Commission (RHC)
Paper Agencies
Agencies that have operating budgets and often exist for the purpose of transferring funds to another entity/agency; they also do not normally have staff or a physical location and do not engage in procurement/contractual activities.
- Business Improvement District
- DC Housing Authority Subsidy
- Housing Production Trust Fund
- Housing Production Fund Subsidy
Independent Agencies
Biographies of EDRC Executive Staff
- Leroy Clay III, Associate Chief Financial Officer
- Joscaira Akhran, Chief of Management Operations
- Abukar M. Abdirahman, Cluster Budget Director
- Alex Tessema, Budget Officer for the Office of Budget and Planning and Economic Development and Regulation Cluster
- Dennis Ramprashad, Cluster Controller
- Dereje Belay, Agency Fiscal Officer for the Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking; Commission on Arts and Humanities; and Department of For-Hire Vehicles
- Rebecca Berry, Agency Fiscal Officer for Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabi Administration, and Office fo the Tenant Advocat
- Casandra Fields, Agency Fiscal Officer for Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment; Office of Zoning; and the Real Property Tax Appeals Commission
- Enyew Godie, Agency Fiscal Officer for Department of Buildings
- Curtis J. Lewis II, Agency Fiscal Officer for Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and the Department of Small and Local Business Development
- Orsheka Moore, Agency Fiscal Officer for Public Service Commission and Office of People's Counsel
- Beth Spooner, Agency Fiscal Officer for Department of Housing and Community Development, Rental Housing Commission, and the Housing Production Trust Fund
Contact Information
The EDRC executive offices are located at 1100 4th Street, SW, Suite E450, Washington, DC 20024. The main telephone number is 202-442-4986, and the fax number is 202-478-9261.