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The 2025 AFERM Virtual Summit is now less than two weeks away — your chance to join the only event dedicated exclusively to advancing Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in government. 

📅 October 21–22 – time is running out to secure your spot! 

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Plenary Session Spotlight
Wednesday, Oct. 22 | 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM ET

Preparing for the Future by Reflecting on the Past: A Look at the IRS’s Experience with Enterprise Risk Management

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In 2013, Danny Werfel was tasked by the President and the Secretary of the Treasury with taking the helm of the IRS during a period of crisis. In a review of factors that had contributed to the crisis, one of the main findings was that the IRS Commissioner and other leaders across the organization had limited ability to identify and help manage organizational risks because information about such risks often wasn’t shared or raised until it was too late.

To address this deficiency, the IRS embarked upon establishing an Enterprise Risk Management Program to provide a common framework for capturing, reporting, and addressing risk areas across IRS and, most importantly, to improve the timeliness by which such information was brought to the attention of IRS leaders.

As AFERM considers what the future holds for ERM, former Commissioner Werfel and three IRS Chief Risk Officers will reflect on some key elements, including culture, collaboration, and communication, that are essential to building and operating an effective and value-added ERM program that can help support and enable mission delivery.

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Latest ERM News

Enhancing Resilience in Utilities through ERM: Rising demands for energy, combined with extreme weather events, supply chain disruptions, and the threat of cyber attacks have significantly expanded the risk for public utilities. To meet this challenge, energy utility companies must build a more resilient energy infrastructure that features new energy sources, distributed energy models, and digitized operations. To increase resiliency to these emerging threats, organizations will need to move forward with comprehensive plan to address a wide range of issues and evolving regulatory requirements. In this three-part series by EY, the authors address critical areas of enterprise risk management (ERM) that can be leveraged by utility companies to improve their operational resilience and develop a more robust risk management framework. Read more here. 

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