AFERM Announces 2025 ERM Awards for Government Entities, Expanding Recognition to State and Local Levels
The Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management (AFERM) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 ERM Awards for Government, celebrating outstanding achievements in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) across all levels of the public sector. This year, AFERM expanded its awards program to include state and local government entities, reflecting the growing impact and importance of ERM throughout the public sector.
Stay tuned for an announcement later this week recognizing the recipients of the AFERM 11th Annual Individual Awards.
ICYMI: Read the AFERM Q4 Journal
The final AFERM Journal of 2025 features a message from AFERM President, Dr. Karen Hardy, a new article on leveraging ERM and risk management for a higher goal, webinar opportunities from G.E.H.A, information on AFERM University workshops, and more.
Be A Part of AFERM University
AFERM co-developed the RIMS-CRMP-FED Certification. Now we are teaching it! Through AFERM University, you can affiliate with a community of certified practitioners dedicated to ERM at all levels of government, speaking the same language with your certification.
AFERM offers RIMS-CRMP-FED Preparatory Courses. The next two-day, live, virtual, course is on Wednesday, Dec. 3, and Thursday, Dec. 4, from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET.
Participants who complete this program are eligible for the RIMS-CRMP and RIMS-CRMP-FED examinations [as part of the course fee] at no cost, provided the course participant sits for the examination within 90 days of completing this course.
Key takeaways from 2025 Global Risk Management Survey: Aon’s 2025 Global Risk Management Survey reveals how organizations across nine sectors are responding to today’s most pressing threats—from geopolitical volatility and cyber risk to supply chain disruption and talent shortages. Key takeaways from the survey show that risks and their rankings vary significantly across different sectors indicating unique exposures. The survey also indicates that organizations are shifting from being reactive to proactive risk strategies, embedding resilience into decision making, and using data-driven insights to prioritize risk investments. Read more here.
Governing AI Agents: From Enterprise Risk to Strategic Asset: Effective AI agent governance requires clearly defined security parameters. One of the most significant challenges with managing AI agents in their lifecycle. Typically, AI agents change ownership a few times during its first few years. When AI agents are introduced into workflows without clear lines of accountability, gaps emerge, particularly when agents are orphaned. To mitigate this, organizations must answer critical questions about each agent’s operational boundaries, like where is the agent authorized to operate, and how are its permissions configured and enforced. This article explores some of the challenges with governing AI agents, and especially the role of identity in AI governance. Read more here.
Join or Renew Your AFERM Membership
AFERM is the premier professional community for government ERM practitioners. Here are just a few of the benefits that your AFERM membership gives you year-round:
Access to our online resource library with over 100 contributed artifacts
Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions to AFERM are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. Membership dues and event registration fees are not considered contributions.
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