This message was sent to ##Email## April 2, 2020   |   Home  |   About  |   Membership  |   Education & Training  |   Resources  |        TOP NEWS Enterprise risk management: More critical than ever Journal of Accountancy The fast-moving, global reach of the coronavirus has illustrated that a forward-looking approach to risk management is more important than ever. While no one could have predicted the nature, severity, or timing of the virus, it’s clear that organizations should include such risk scenarios in future strategic discussions.  READ MORE What if a natural disaster strikes amid a pandemic? Temblor Given the timescales of the Earth’s natural spasms, and the course of the coronavirus pandemic, it will only be by luck that we will avoid an intersection. Somewhere an earthquake or a major storm will happen in a place where the nemesis is out of control. Then what?  READ MORE Remote working and health and safety Tech Radar We’re living in a whole new world. As many employees have shifted to a home office and are under stay-at-home orders, there are legal questions about who is responsible for employee health and safety. In many ways, now that most of us are stuck at home working remotely due to the corona virus pandemic, the concept of personal health and safety for employees has come into focus.  READ MORE    SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Insurance Program Managers Group The most effective way to protect public safety employees How to use predictive data to reduce workers’ compensation claims Don’t fear your workers’ compensation audit — here’s what you need to know Minimizing claims costs by tackling core issues affecting workforce health The tools public entities need to mitigate risk and manage claims   Workplace savvy: Human resources tips amid COVID-19 outbreak Ocala Evan Del Rio, creator of HR Box, writers: "The COVID19 pandemic continues to be front and center in our lives. Things are changing very fast, so I thought it would be helpful to round up some relevant facts."  READ MORE Between bridges by Gary Dewaal National Law Review Last week a federal district court ruled that a social media company’s initial fundraising to build a blockchain application and a proposed distribution of digital tokens to serve as virtual currency. A futures commission merchant was sanctioned by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as a result of a purported operational breakdown that enabled it to accept trades “far beyond” risk limits that should have been in place for the relevant account.  READ MORE Federal workers, union sue for hazard pay Government Executive A federal class action lawsuit argues that agencies should be required to provide hazardous duty pay to federal employees who have been exposed to the coronavirus.  READ MORE Five ways to address insider cybesecurity threats Government Technology Security chiefs spend a lot of time thinking about how to fend off attacks that come from outside their own systems, but threats from inside organizations can be just as devastating if the right measures aren’t in place.  READ MORE Strategic risk management AFCEA Daily cyber attacks and other threats naturally take up the short-term attention of many governmental agencies. But there is a need for a more strategic look at risks to the nation’s critical infrastructure. A center within the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, is charged with examining how to address concerns in the long-term.  READ MORE Walmart starts temperature checks for staff in safety ramp-up against coronavirus Claims Journal Walmart Inc. said on March 31 it would start taking the temperature of employees and provide them with masks as it addresses growing safety concerns among retail workers laboring through the coronavirus crisis.  READ MORE The Guardian view on governing in a crisis: Level with the public The Guardian The creation of NHS Nightingale, assembling a 4,000-bed emergency hospital in just two weeks, is an important milestone. It is not fashionable to give ministers the benefit of the doubt, but the circumstances should allow the presumption of decent motive. They are trying to protect people.  READ MORE PRIMA Risk Watch Connect with PRIMA Recent Issues | Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Advertise | Web Version  Colby Horton, Vice President of Publishing, 469-420-2601 | Download media kit Lexi Silverberg, Content Editor, 469-420-2609  | Contribute news Public Risk Management Association 700 S. Washington St., Suite 218 | Alexandria, VA, 22314 | 703-528-7701 | Contact Us  Learn how to add us to your safe sender list so our emails get to your inbox. 7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063