The State and Local Outreach Committee is designed to promote ERM education and professional development by bridging federal, state, and local ERM government entities.  This involves creating an inclusive environment for exchanging ideas, sharing effective practices, and discussing common experiences for the betterment of all ERM government practitioners.

The Committee was developed out of national need to start involving various levels of government to start engaging in ERM best practices and educational opportunities.  By opening new channels and networks to all public entities that share in the critical need to manage their risks, the true value of ERM emerges for every level of government.  Federal government practitioners bring their maturity of experience to state and local practitioners; whereas state and local practitioners bring innovation and agile ideas that may benefit federal practitioners.  Bringing together all levels of government ERM practitioners for deep conversation and dialog will benefit all participants by increasing their understanding and awareness of ERM practices and approaches.

2024 will be a pivotal year for AFERM.  At the November Summit, AFERM will be announcing the first State and Local Outreach Committee Members to serve and represent state and local government entities implementing ERM across the U.S.  These positions include:

• National Committee Chair
• National Vice Committee Chair
• National Committee Advisor
• Western Regional Representative
• Midwestern Regional Representative
• Northeastern Regional Representative
• Southern Regional. Representative

If you are interested in ERM or currently have a program and the state and local level, we encourage to reach out to us and join the state and local outreach group. We are here to build a coalition of ERM professionals at all levels of government. Regardless of where you are at in your ERM journey, our first mission is to just find you! To reach us, please visit us at AFERM’s website at https://resources.aferm.org/committees/

The ERM Community of Practice (ERM CoP) was created to provide an open forum for enterprise risk management (ERM) professionals from across the Federal Government. The ERM CoP was founded in 2017 after the release of the update to OMB Circular A-123 as a forum for federal employees in ERM to come together to share experiences and get and provide advice to each other. It is led by Treasury’s Deputy Chief Risk Officer. It is comprised of and operated entirely by federal employees from over 50 agencies. This group has been central in mobilizing ERM efforts for the Federal Government including writing and updating the ERM Playbook, creating a Federal ERM Maturity Model, and providing input into other various related guidance and regulations.

Past Highlights

Roundtable Discussions

• Defining Risk Appetite
• Integrating with Strategic Reviews and Strategic Planning
• ERM Policy and Governance
• Enterprise-level Risk Assessments
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular Guidance
• Strengthening the Connection with Strategy and Budget
• Implications of Artificial Intelligence for ERM

Shared Risk Area Discussions

• Hiring
• Procurement
• Security Clearance
• Artificial Intelligence
• Administration Transition
• Cyber
• Fraud
• Environmental, Social, and Governance
• Emerging Risks

Call for Action!

The ERM CoP welcomes federal employees who are ERM practitioners for agencies. Non-federal employees are not permitted to join, and the group does not include inspectors general. If you have interest in joining the ERM CoP, please reach out to Karen.Weber@treasury.gov or Andrew.Tiedeman@treasury.gov.

 Tips for Raising Risk Awareness at Your Agency 

The Risk Awareness Toolkit for Federal Risk Practitioners is part of an ongoing collaboration between risk management professionals from the Enterprise Risk Management Community of Practice (ERM CoP), Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management (AFERM), and AFERM Small Agency Community of Practice (SACoP). This document provides several tips for raising risk awareness and will expand in the future to contain examples and lessons learned from agencies’ successful risk awareness campaigns. Federal risk management practitioners are encouraged to leverage these tips and future examples, customizing them to align with their agency’s culture, norms, and other characteristics.