This message was sent to ##Email## December 5, 2019   |   Home  |   About  |   Membership  |   Education & Training  |   Resources  |        TOP NEWS PG&E could have prevented deadly California fire, state says Claims Journal Bankrupt utility giant PG&E Corp. for years failed to properly inspect and maintain its transmission system — an oversight that led a live wire to fall and ignite the deadliest blaze in California history last year, state investigators said. A PG&E crew hadn't climbed and inspected the tower and hook that failed, sparking the catastrophic Camp Fire, in 17 years, according to California Public Utilities Commission investigation.  READ MORE Protect public safety with gun laws Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On Dec. 2, hundreds of volunteers with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America gathered in Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Supreme Court to support the lower courts' decision on a case being heard that day. New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. City of New York, New York is the first case in nearly 10 years to be heard by the Supreme Court regarding the Second Amendment. The issue is whether a New York City ban on transporting firearms to homes or ranges outside the city is consistent with the Second Amendment  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   Report: Directors and officers face significantly higher range of risks Insurance Journal The range of risks facing company executives, or directors and officers, has increased significantly in recent years along with resulting insurance claims, according to a report published by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty. Titled "Directors and Officers Insurance Insights 2020," the report highlights five mega trends that will have significant risk implications for senior management in the future.  READ MORE How a national lab is securing electric vehicles and smart cars of the future Nextgov The reality of an all-connected world with interacting autonomous vehicles and heaps of communicating internet of things devices has yet to take effect — but researchers at Argonne National Laboratory are already working to outpace sophisticated cyberthreats of the future. In a conversation with Nextgov, Cybersecurity Analyst Roland Varriale offered an overview of several of the lab's efforts to secure conventional, autonomous and electric vehicle ecosystems and guard against unseen risks.  READ MORE ACI gives guidance on enzymes Happi Enzymes are usually used in cleaning products to "break down" soils and stains on surfaces into smaller components to allow the detergent ingredients to remove them. An updated publication from the American Cleaning Institute provides a framework for consumer product manufacturers to develop appropriate risk management strategies to avoid unacceptable risks to the users of new products containing enzymes.  READ MORE Climate crisis not getting better Government Technology How do you compare quarterly profits with an end date that is 30 years in the future? It is difficult at best to get people to think a few years in the future, let alone three decades to 2050. It is the anticipated date of "no return" if we have not kept the world's temperatures from rising 1.5-2 degrees. The UN chief is trying to ring the alarm bells, but most decision-makers have their ear plugs firmly affixed and can't hear them.  READ MORE IT governance in a government environment CIO Applications Having a IT governance structure allows a greater ability to govern risk at an acceptable level depending on the organization's risk appetite. In the government environments, risk tolerance is much less. This is evident by the number of compliance and regulatory frameworks imposed on public entities. Managing multiple, potentially competing regulations, is facilitated through IT governance.  READ MORE API updates offshore safety and environmental management standard World Pipelines API has published a significantly updated version of a key safety standard aimed at enhancing the oil and natural gas industry's commitment to worker safety, incident prevention, and environmental protection in offshore operations.  READ MORE Agencies are cracking down on employees' opioid use, both legal and illegal Government Executive Several agencies in the Homeland Security Department are instituting new policies to oversee their employees' use of opioids, even when it comes in the form of a legal prescription. Generally speaking, employees at Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Transportation Security Administration and Secret Service are rarely caught using opioids illegally. In more than 100,000 random drug tests of employees at those components between 2015 and 2018, just 31 returned positive results, according to a report from the DHS inspector general.  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 Bethanney Standerfer, Content Editor, 469-420-2688  | 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