Pub. 2 2013 Issue 2

4 l e a d i n g a d v o c a t e f o r t h e b a n k i n g i n d u s t r y i n k a n s a s 6 Advocacy is Alive at the 2013 KBA Harold A. Stones Public Affairs Conference 8 2013 BLOK Class: Bank Leaders of Kansas 10 Security Officer’s By-Word MORNING OPENING PROCEDURES ARE NECESSARY FOR THE SAFETY OF EMPLOYEES By Charles M. Towle, Senior Vice President, Kansas Bankers Surety Company 14 Effects of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 By Brian Mall 16 Stand Up for Banking at ABA’s Government Relations Summit By Frank Keating, President and CEO American Bankers Association 18 2013 Bank Directors Workshop 6 10 14 19 2013 Legal Update Seminars 20 2013 KBA Technology Conference 22 The Rise of the Chief Risk Officer: How You Became One, and What’s Expected of You By Michael Cohn, CPA CISA CGEIT 25 Social Media Risk Management By Brady Cook, CISSP, MCPD, MCITP, Security+ 27 Bert Ely’s FARM CREDIT WATCH ® : Shedding Light on the Farm Credit System, America’s Least Known GSE FCS in Revolt Against FCA By Bert Ely © 2013 Kansas Bankers Association | The newsLINK Group, LLC. All rights reserved. The Kansas Banker is published eight times each year by The newsLINK Group, LLC for the Kansas Bankers Association and is the official publication for this association. The information contained in this publication is intended to provide general information for review and consider- ation. The contents do not constitute legal advice and should not be relied on as such. If you need legal advice or assistance, it is strongly recommended that you contact an attorney as to your specific circumstances. The statements and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Kansas Bankers Association, its board of directors, or the publisher. Likewise, the appearance of advertisements within this publication does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of any product or serviced advertised. The Kansas Bankers Association is a collective work and as such some articles are submitted by authors that are independent of the Kansas Bank- ers Association. While The Kansas Banker encourages a first print policy, in cases where this is not possible, every effort has been made to comply with any known reprint guidelines or restrictions. Content may not be reproduced or reprinted without prior written permission. For further information, please contact the publisher at: 855-747-4003.