Thinking about our reputation: a tax administration case study – 2019
Partnership between the Communications and ERM teams in Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and the development of a strategy for managing, mitigating and measuring reputational risk.
Speakers: Brian Philbin, Assistant Commissioner of the Audit, Evaluation, & Risk Branch & Chief Audit Executive, CRA; Maxime Guénette, Assistant Commissioner of the Public Affairs Branch & Chief Privacy Officer, CRA
DownloadFrom the C-suite to the Front Line – Practical Approaches for Engaging the Entire Organization in ERM – 2019
In this session, the team from the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Office of the Chief Risk Officer highlighted a variety of practices, tools, and techniques they’ve developed and deployed in implementing ERM, including a Risk Advocate Program, Risk Awareness Week and Risk Spotlight Series, ERM Self-Assessments and Peer Reviews, the Executive Risk Committee (ERC), Risk Working Group (RWG), an Enterprise Risk Channel, and more. Participants will receive a variety of templates and samples they can take back and adapt for use in their own organizations.
Speakers: Melissa Reynard, IRS; Debbie Poff, IRS; Kim Orlowski, IRS
DownloadEmerging Technology & Enterprise Risk Management – 2019
This session will focus on how analytics, robotics, and cloud technology are being used in Enterprise Risk Management. Panelists will share CXO perspectives on the benefits and potential utility of emerging technology.
Speakers: Alyssa Smiley, Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Michael Howe, National Science Foundation (NSF)
DownloadBuilding the [ERM] Plane While Flying: A Start-up Approach to Implementing ERM at the USCG – 2019
There is a distinct difference between simply meeting a requirement and creating something that adds value. Understanding this difference has been key to the growth of some of the most successful global companies but is often forgotten or ignored in the Federal world where innovation and effort are not driven by revenue motivation. With few resources, a complex organizational structure, and significant competing demands, developing and implementing an effective ERM program in the US Coast Guard is challenging. In this session, we will show how some of the same tools and approaches successful start-up companies and Venture Capitalists use to evaluate opportunity and create value are being used to build and transform the ERM program at the US Coast Guard.
Speakers: LCDR Lewis Motion, U.S. Coast Guard
DownloadIntegrated Assurance – Driving Programmatic Improvements & Oversight Cooperation – 2019
As successful ERM programs mature, the need to account for a broad range of stakeholder perspectives in the areas of program development, C-suite support functions, program assurance, internal and external oversight, and audit transparency grow. At HUD, aligning these different needs to help support honest lines of communication for ERM and actionable reporting has been an undertaking since day 1 of HUD’s ERM program. This panel will explore how risk-based assurance, continuous monitoring, and data analytics provide opportunities for agencies to improve performance and work more constructively with the OIG and other oversight bodies.
Speakers: Larry Koskinen, Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD); Jonelle Pianta, HUD, Office of Inspector General (OIG)
DownloadMoving the Conversation from Risk Management to Value Management – 2019
This session explored how risk management contributes to the ultimate goal of any organization: the delivery of maximum stakeholder value. Capturing the true value of ERM requires integration of results sought, resources allocated, and risks accepted and managed through a portfolio management process across the entire organization. Panelists shared their experiences, including challenges and end results.
Speakers: Tom Brandt, Chief Risk Officer, IRS; Ken Fletcher, President, AFERM
DownloadPetal Power: How ERM can Strengthen your Core Management Processes – 2019
As agencies mature their ERM programs, greater value can be driven by leveraging ERM to support and strengthen other agency-wide management activities. These management activities (“petals”) are critical to mission success, and include Strategy, Budget, Performance, Cyber, Fraud, and Internal Control. This session will explore the various petals of ERM integration along with emerging “petals” including evidence-based decision making and program/portfolio management, how and when to coordinate your agency’s ERM program with these management activities, and provide tangible examples and lessons learned as takeaways for attendees.
Speakers: Rachel Holloway, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Yashika Rahaman, Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Erica Navarro, Department of Agriculture
DownloadLooking in the Mirror: ERM within the OIG Community – 2019
Provided participants with information about best practices that the OIG community is employing to implement ERM activities and to facilitate the adoption of ERM for audit planning purposes. This session 1) shared best practices that the OIG community is employing as it relates to implementing ERM, 2) provide d information on ERM-related touch points between OIG and agencies, and 3) the use of ERM for audit planning.
Speakers: Jessica Southwell, Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General; Jonelle Pianta, HUD OIG; Dr. Temika Edwards, Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General
DownloadUtilization of Data Analytics for Financial Risks – 2019
Risks come in many forms and flavors, and agencies collect lots of data in various formats, both structured and unstructured. All of this data represents valuable pieces of information or context about risks. The Health Resources and Services Administration has implemented a data-driven approach to make faster and better informed risk-based decisions.
Speakers: Joseph Roach, Health Resources and Services Administration; Rick Amrhein, Health Resources and Services Administration
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