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Announcing the new 2020 AFERM Board of Directors

AFERM announces its Officers for 2020. During the annual AFERM Summit on October 29-30, 2019, we ratified the new Board of Directors. With a membership of over 600 professionals, AFERM is the only organization that exclusively promotes and supports ERM in the federal sector. “I am delighted to begin my time as the AFERM President (more…)

Summary of April 2019 ERM Workshop: Beyond Compliance, Driving Organizational Value

On April 11, 2019, AGA and AFERM held their third annual enterprise risk management (ERM) workshop with federal government professionals. The event provided an opportunity for more than 160 individuals to hear the opinions of senior government leaders as well as accounts of their ERM successes and challenges. The participants were also able to discuss (more…)

2019 AFERM Summit Presentations Available for Download

AFERM’s Annual ERM Summit is the premiere event for federal ERM practitioners and leaders to network, share best practices, and learn about helpful and actionable ideas you can implement within your organization. If you missed the event or want to review some of the presentations you saw, many of them are now available for download.

Roger W. Jones Award Nominations

The Roger W. Jones Award annually recognizes federal career executives of the Senior Executive Service who have demonstrated superior leadership in achieving their agency’s mission and developing future managers.

AFERM & ISACA-GWDC’s August 14, 2019 event featured a panel discussion on ERM and privacy risk management

The panel was comprised of Jonathan Cantor, Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Edward Killen, Chief Privacy Officer of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Karen Sheely, Technical Advisor for Privacy, Governmental Liaison and Disclosure at the IRS, moderated the panel.

A Growing Risk of Government Failure Raises the Stakes for Agency Leaders to Practice Enterprise Risk Management

On average, six out of seven federal agency respondents (85%) envision a serious threat or disruption of mission operations in the next two to three years, per a recent survey jointly administered by the Senior Executives Association (SEA) and Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management (AFERM). In a whitepaper released today, “Getting Ahead of Risks (more…)

Elevate Your Career with the RIMS-CRMP-FED

Instantly demonstrate your ERM knowledge and invigorate your career with the RIMS-CRMP-FED. Earning your RIMS-CRMP-FED credential validates your knowledge of 27 key risk management duties as well as 16 government-specific tasks that all federal risk managers are expected to perform. Employers will know that you have the level of expertise, education and experience necessary to protect (more…)