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PRIMA survey to focus on risk managers' information, skills gaps

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The Public Risk Management Association has launched a public risk management needs survey to identify public sector risk managers' information and skills needs and help them perform more effectively.

The survey, funded by Alexandria, Virginia-based PRIMA's partner organization the Public Entity Risk Institute, also is intended to help organizations better integrate risk management into their organizational cultures and elevate the status of risk management within the public sector and society.

In a statement Monday, PRIMA said it would use findings from the survey to identify educational needs and plan programs to improve public risk management. Public sector risk managers and PRIMA members will be encouraged to share the online survey with elected and appointed officials in their communities and others on their risk management teams.

A number of other organizations will also distribute the survey to their members to broaden participation. Others distributing the survey include the American Public Transportation Association's Risk Management Committee, the American Society of Safety Engineers, the Association of Governmental Risk Pools, the California Association of Joint Powers Authorities, the California Association of School Business Officials and the Housing Authority Risk Retention Pool.

Also distributing the survey, which will be open until July 14, are the International City/County Management Association, the National League of Cities Risk Information Sharing Consortium, the National Association of Government Entity Programs, the New Jersey School Boards Association Insurance Group and the University Risk Management and Insurance Association.

The University of California and Sacramento, California-based risk management, pool management and actuarial consulting firm Bickmore, now part of York Risk Services Group, are serving as research consultants on the survey project.

The survey can be found here.