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AFERM’s 2018 Board of Directors

AFERM announces its Officers for 2018. At the annual AFERM Summit in November, we ratified the new Board of Directors. With a membership of over 650 professionals, AFERM is the only organization that exclusively promotes and supports ERM in the federal sector. “I am very excited to take the helm of AFERM and look forward (more…)

2017 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. (more…)

Summary of June 2017 ERM Workshop: Beyond Compliance, Driving Organizational Value

In June, AFERM partnered with AGA to present the 2017 ERM Workshop: Beyond Compliance, Driving Organizational Value. More than 150 federal professionals participated in this forum, to share progress and best practices related to using ERM to drive organizational value. This summary report shares the information discussed during this workshop. [membership level=”1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10″] [/membership] [membership level=”0″] [/membership]

COSO Issues Important Update to ERM Framework

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) released its highly anticipated ERM Framework: Enterprise Risk Management–Integrating with Strategy and Performance. This new document builds on its predecessor, Enterprise Risk Management–Integrated Framework, one of the most widely recognized and applied risk management frameworks in the world. The updated edition is designed to help (more…)

Quick Poll — Resource Library

This poll is closed, see results & comments below! Rank each of the following categories of sample artifacts you would MOST like to see made available on AFERM’s Resource Library. Final rank order of Resources from Most Important to Least Important: Agency ERM Implementation Guides Agency Risk Profiles Agency ERM Case Studies ERM Performance Management (more…)

2017 AFERM Summit: “Early Bird” Registration is Now Open

For those of you who have not experienced AFERM’s Annual ERM Summit before, it is the premier venue for the growing federal ERM community of practice and leaders to meet to network, share best practices, and learn about emerging risk management practices, strategic and tactical ideas you can consider and implement in your organization. This (more…)

AFERM / AGA ERM Workshop: Beyond Compliance, Driving Organizational Value

The Association for Federal Risk Management (AFERM) and the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) are hosting a joint morning workshop on June 7th, 2017. The workshop will include presentations as well as facilitated table group work. The intent of the workshop is to provide participants with practical insight to help meet the new ERM requirements (more…)

Quick Poll — OMB Circular A-123

This poll is closed, see results & comments below! Opinions shared in this poll are those of the individuals who respond, and do not reflect AFERM’s position.  While this is a private forum only for AFERM members, all responses are subject to moderation and removal. Please keep all comments professional.

AFERM Announces 2017 Board of Directors

WASHINGTON, DC, December 8, 2016 — The Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management (AFERM) announced its newly elected Board of Directors for Fiscal 2017. The announcement was made at the conclusion of AFERM’s highly successful 9th annual Federal Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Summit which assembled over 460 Federal ERM professionals from across the public and (more…)