CHAPTER 4 ________________________________Managing Risk in the Federal Fiscal Environment

Nancy Fagenson Potok and Aaron B. Corbett

Do you know what your risk is of not being able to accomplish your agency’s mission? If you are like many of today’s government managers, you started thinking about risk in a serious way after September 11, 2001. During the past eight years, you have worked to improve awareness among your employees about IT security. You have increased physical security at your location and, if you are a federal manager, you have been implementing Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, known familiarly as HSPD12, which requires identity verification, background checks, and the collection of biometric information for the people ...

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