Jessica Watkins is a statistician with the Department of Commerce, Office of Inspector General where she uses use statistical theories, techniques and methods to answer research questions and solve problems in audits, evaluations, and investigations. This includes coding programs in SAS to analyze large datasets. She works collaboratively with other statisticians, IT specialists, auditors, analysts, and investigators to produce public reports that improve Department of Commerce programs and operations. She is also detailed to the Compliance and Ethics team as an investigative analyst. In this role, she analyzes hotline complaints related to the Decennial Census by directly conducting complaint analysis and inquiry operations. She conducts administrative and background record searches and analyses, interviews, and gather documents when appropriate from complainants, witnesses, subjects, governmental officials and public and private persons at all levels.

Jessica is a current Presidential Management Fellow. She is on a rotation to the Department of Defense where she works for the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy in the office of African Affairs as a regional director working on the Maghreb. She joined OIG after working in all branches of the government in Georgia. She worked for the Supreme Court of Georgia, Georgia Court of Appeals, state senate, and the office of the governor, among others. She earned her Master of Public Administration from Georgia State University where she concentrated in policy analysis and evaluation.