D.C. Code § 7-1131.06: Appointment and duties of Chief Financial Officer.

The Department shall have a Chief Financial Officer (“Department CFO”), who shall be appointed by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia (“District’s CFO”) in collaboration with the Director. The Department CFO shall:

(1)

Be qualified by experience and training to carry out accounting, budgeting, and financial management functions;

(2)

Directly report to, be ultimately responsible to, and be under the supervisory direction of the District’s CFO, through the Director;

(3)

Engage in the accounting, budgeting, and financial management functions authorized by the District’s CFO;

(4)

Serve as a member of the Department’s management team;

(5)

Advocate for and advance the policy objectives of the Director, to the extent consistent with the Department CFO’s ultimate responsibility to and supervisory control by the District’s CFO; and

(6)

Be subject to evaluation, discipline, and transfer by the District’s CFO, in collaboration with the Director.