“Doing nothing rarely prevents a risk from materializing. Stanton
andWebster have given government managers a clear, comprehensive,
actionable road map they can use to organize and manage to
anticipate and mitigate risks that put their missions in jeopardy.
Managing Risk and Performance: A Guide for Government Decision
Makers takes lessons learned from effective risk management
in the private and public sectors and gives executives a blueprint
for using those lessons to bring about a new focus on enterprise
risk management in federal agencies and other organizations. The
benefits of this approach are immense. The consequences of inaction
are potentially catastrophic.”