District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency

This document presents the District of Columbia's Homeland Security and Emergency Management Strategy, designed to guide stakeholders in achieving comprehensive preparedness against all threats and hazards. The strategy outlines an overarching goal to prepare the District across prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery. Key focus areas include enhancing preparedness capabilities through training, exercises, and citizen engagement; protecting the community and critical infrastructure; reducing disaster impacts; strengthening all-hazards response capabilities; and enhancing planning and operational capabilities for recovery, including regional coordination.

The FY 2026 Performance Plan for the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board focuses on providing quality public school options for DC students, families, and communities. Key areas of focus include implementing the ASPIRE accountability framework to improve school quality, enhancing talent systems and policies to retain staff, strengthening fiscal and compliance oversight, engaging stakeholders to increase community engagement and parent education, and cultivating relationships with DC agencies to improve supports and outcomes for DC students.

The FY 2026 Performance Plan for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) focuses on ensuring justice and improving public health and safety through quality death investigations and forensic services. Key objectives include providing efficient forensic services, maintaining a quality management system, serving as a public health surveillance organization, and providing expertise in fatality management. The plan outlines administrative structures for death investigation, forensic toxicology, agency management, and fatality review, with specific measures to assess performance in these areas.

The Fiscal Year 2026 Performance Plan for the D.C. Office of Risk Management focuses on reducing the probability, occurrence, and cost of risk to the District of Columbia government. Key objectives include identifying, measuring, analyzing, and mitigating the District government's exposure to risk and liability; administering the Public Sector Workers' Compensation Program; investigating claims against the District government; collecting monies owed to the District; and ensuring efficient, transparent, and responsive government operations.

The Fiscal Year 2026 Performance Plan for the Office of the City Administrator (OCA) outlines the mission to facilitate the effective implementation of the Mayor's policies through leadership, support, and oversight of District Government agencies. Key objectives include enhancing government effectiveness via cross-agency initiatives, promoting innovation and continuous improvement using data-driven approaches, and ensuring efficient, transparent, and responsive governance. The plan details administrative structures such as the Budget Office, the Office of Performance Management, and the Office of Racial Equity, along with their respective activities and performance measures aimed at achieving strategic priorities.