Regulating quick pay for workers in Nevada: Week in Brief

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The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss Nevada's creation of the U.S.'s first-ever earned wage access (EWA) state licensing regime, new cybersecurity education opportunities for police officers in Texas, and more. To stay on top of the latest happenings in regulation, licensing, and digital government, subscribe to the Week in Brief newsletter and visit Ascend Magazine.

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Removing educational requirements for UK architects: Week in Brief

The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in professional licensing, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Jordan discuss a review commission’s recommendations to address Virginia’s teacher shortage, suggestions from U.K. architecture leaders to do away with educational requirements, and more.

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The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in professional licensing, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss a public hearing on large-scale deregulation measures in Iowa, calls to relax education requirements for CPAs, and more.

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Dan Hereth on digital transformation in Wisconsin: Ascend Radio

Wisconsin DSPS Secretary Dan Hereth joins Paul Leavoy on Ascend Radio to discuss his agency’s digital transformation journey, including how they got started and secured buy-in from key stakeholders, as well as the technical, process, and people challenges they encountered along the way.

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The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in professional licensing, regulation, and digital government. This week, Jordan and Paul discuss two new laws that could help to tackle workforce shortages in Missouri, a federal investigation into pilots who may have falsified medical records, and more.

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Regulating generative AI in China: Week in Brief

The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in professional licensing, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss new regulations regarding the use and provision of generative AI services in China, efforts from the U.S. federal government to harmonize cybersecurity regulations at the federal, state, and local levels, and more.

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