Moving 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

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Petal 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

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Looking 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

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Utilization 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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What’s Diversity & Inclusion got to do with ERM? – 2019

For many years, organizations have recognized that diversity and inclusion leads to better decision-making, increased productivity, and greater effectiveness. This session will explore how diversity in demographics, perspectives, and experiences and a culture of inclusion (employees feel valued, respected, and treated equitably) can enhance an organization’s ERM capabilities, resulting in better risk identification and decision-making, increased accountability, and agency-wide risk awareness.

Speakers: Marianne Roth, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Lori Giblin, U.S. Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS); Montrice Yakimov, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

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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
  • Motivating a risk culture that promotes transparency
  • Integrating risk monitoring with other entities (OIG, OMB, DHS, Board of Directors, others)
  • Best practices for addressing (and mitigating) reputational risks

Speaker: Howard Whyte, Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Privacy Officer (CPO), FDIC
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