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Getting Ahead of Risks Before They Become Government Failures

An Imperative for Agency Leaders to Embrace Enterprise Risk Management Several recent reports and studies have detailed a range of worsening trends and developments that are creating an increased risk for significant government failure. Many of the reports offer recommendations for action by Congress and the Administration. However, they do not go as far to (more…)

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Summary of April 2018 ERM Workshop: Beyond Compliance, Driving Organizational Value

On April 16, 2018, the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) and the Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management (AFERM) held the second annual enterprise risk management (ERM) workshop with federal government professionals. This workshop provided an opportunity for over 150 professionals to hear ERM thought leadership from senior government leaders and discuss with their colleagues (more…)

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Techniques, Templates, and Toolkits in a Flash! – 2018

In this 2018 Summit presentation… Technology, tools, and templates should be seen as accelerators for a sound Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework, not a substitute.

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Effective Integration of ERM and Internal Control – 2018

In this 2018 Summit presentation… OMB Circular A-123 requires Federal agencies to integrate their ERM and internal controls activities.

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Check What Box? Increasing ERM Motivation through Non-Compliance Focused Techniques – 2018

In this 2018 Summit presentation… Embedding ERM into existing business processes improves acceptance, creates efficiencies, and reduces pushback. This session discusses how to integrate ERM into normal business.

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Leveraging Technology to Enhance Your Agency’s ERM Capabilities – 2018

In this 2018 Summit presentation… Technology cannot provide an out of the box ERM program, but it can definitely facilitate the process.

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Integrating ERM with Strategic Planning and Strategic Objective Annual Reviews – 2018

In this 2018 Summit presentation… The success of ERM in federal agencies relies on the integration of strategy and risk management principles.

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Applying ERM Principles to Functional Divisions: A Federal Grants Risk Management Case Study – 2018

This presentation provides a case study for operationalizing risk management in the grants world, and more generally at the sub-agency level. Those seeking to integrate risk management into their operations heard about project challenges and successes, key risk findings and recommendations, and considerations when taking on such a project. During the presentation, the speakers: Explained (more…)

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Shaping the Future Cybersecurity Risk in the Public Sector: A CIO Perspective – 2018

In this 2018 Summit presentation… CIO’s lessons learned in leveraging ERM to mitigate cybersecurity risks, including: innovative approaches for staying ahead of emerging risks,…

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Cyber Risk and the Chief Risk Officer: What CROs Need to Know About the New NIST Risk Management Framework – 2018

In this 2018 Summit presentation… NIST is doing a major upgrade to one of its flagship security guidelines, Special Publication 800-37, the Risk Management Framework (RMF).

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