Enterprise Risk Management

Tom Stanton has assisted a range of federal agencies and programs to strengthen their use of Enterprise Risk Management, most recently at the Veterans Benefits Administration and the US Department of Agriculture Rural Development Mission.

“Increasing Adoption of Enterprise Risk Management in the U.S. Federal Government,” chapter 12 of John R. S. Fraser, Rob Quail, and Betty Simkins Enterprise Risk Management, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2021.

Important Aspects of Enterprise Risk Management, introductory classes, presented 2020

“Enterprise Risk Management (ERM): A Powerful Federal Management Tool,” guidebook prepared for the Association of Government Accountants (AGA), February 2017

“Constructive Dialogue and ERM: Lessons from the Financial Crisis,” chapter 32 of John R. Fraser, Betty J. Simkins, and Kristina Narvaez, Implementing Enterprise Risk Management:  Case Studies and Best Practices, John Wiley & Sons, 2014

Improving Government Decision Making through Enterprise Risk Management, Douglas Webster and Thomas H. Stanton, IBM Center for the Business of Government, 2015

“The Growing Movement for Enterprise Risk Management in Government: The United States Begins to Catch Up,” Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, September 2015

“Managing Risk of Government Agencies and Programs,” presentation to the Standing Panel on Executive Organization and Management, National Academy of Public Administration, July 2014

“Risk Management is Essential at a Time of Downsizing,” Public Administration Review, March/April 2013

“Bringing Risk-Awareness into the Culture: Enlisting Support of the Agency’s ‘Barons,’” Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management, AFERM Updates, August 2012

“Governance, Risk Management and the Financial Crisis: Learnings from the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission,” PRMIA DC, Risk Journal, Summer 2012