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State tech leaders outline cybersecurity workforce planning recommendations: Weekly regulatory news
The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy. This week in regulatory news, Kansas becomes the latest state to recognize the credentials of health professionals traveling from out of state to care for athletes, Georgia passes a new law requiring doctors to clarify their license types, NASCIO outlines strategies for state governments to strengthen their cybersecurity workforces, and much more.
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Regulatory policies are ever-evolving and differ widely from coast to coast and around the world. We keep a pulse on the active world of regulation and licensing.

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US moves to relax licensing rules for school bus drivers
The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy. In this week's news, BC seeks feedback on new asbestos rules, DOT relaxes rules for bus drivers, and Canada's top Mountie violated legal obligations with slow complaint response.
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Colorado moves to regulate funeral home workers: 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 efforts to address workforce shortages in Wisconsin, calls for funeral home worker regulation in Colorado following the discovery of 115 improperly stored bodies, and more.
  • Architecture, Cannabis, Colorado, Education, Examinations, Hawaii, Health Care Regulation, Interstate compacts, Michigan, Ontario, Oregon, Professional Licensing, Tennessee
Tennessee considers dropping test for teacher licensure: Weekly regulatory news
The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy. Commission for new Interstate Compact for Counselor Licensure convenes, Tennessee considers dropping test for teacher licensure, and more in our weekly look at regulatory news.
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  • CLEAR, COVID-19, Digital transformation, License Portability, Licensing Reform, Professional Licensing, Regulation, Umbrella agencies
Ronne Hines on regulatory centralization and collaboration: Ascend Radio
On this episode of Ascend Radio, Ronne Hines, formerly from Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) joins Paul Leavoy to discuss how having a centralized regulatory umbrella agency can help improve efficiency, the benefits and opportunities of regulatory collaboration through CLEAR, and much more.
  • British Columbia, COVID-19, Digital Government, Government Technology, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Occupational Regulation, Oklahoma, Universal Licensure
Oklahoma universal licensing bill takes effect
The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy. In this week's news, Oklahoma joins states offering more universal occupational licensing recognition, New Mexico moves to modernize its regulatory system, and British Columbia health care workers remain unvaccinated.
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  • Colorado, COVID-19, Cybersecurity, Iowa, Licensing Reform, Louisiana, Maryland, Naturopathy, Nursing, Pennsylvania, Professional Licensing, Tennessee
Bipartisanship alive and well for state-level licensing
Despite few signs of bipartisanship nationwide, at the state level, there have been a number of instances of cross-party support, particularly when it comes to licensing reform.
Oklahoma licensing reform and more in this week's regulatory news
  • Colorado, Illinois, Law, Licensing Reform, New York, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Professional Licensing
Oklahoma advances licensing reform to help citizens with criminal records
The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy. In this week’s news, licensing backlogs in several states are preventing health care workers from practicing, Oklahoma advances bill to help citizens with criminal records obtain licenses, and an Illinois city debates installing licensing requirement for landlords.
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Nurse licensure compact bill reintroduced in Michigan: Weekly regulatory news
The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy. This week in regulatory news, Michigan reconsiders a bill to join the Nurse Licensure Compact, Iowans speak out on a proposal to consolidate or eliminate more than 100 boards and commissions, and more.
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From concept to community: Ascend Magazine one year later
In March 2022, Thentia launched Ascend Magazine to engender education, conversation, and community around regulation and licensure. One year later, Editor-in-Chief Paul Leavoy reflects on the community it has built and its bright future ahead.
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Complaints by industry in the US: Which ones top the list?
Dealing with complaints is a huge part of professional regulation. Like other countries, the U.S. deals with huge volumes of complaints. But where are we seeing the most? And in which industries? Jordan Milian explores.
Nurse Licensure Compact
  • Interstate compacts, Licensing Reform, Multi-jurisdictional Licensing, Nursing, Professional Licensing, Tennessee, Texas, U.S., Utah, Wisconsin
A brief history of the Nurse Licensure Compact
Multijurisdictional practice has been a subject of debate for licensed professionals in nursing as far back as 1995. One answer to the limitations of single-state licensure in the U.S. has been the development of the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). But how did this all start? And how has COVID-19 impacted the progress of multijurisdictional practice throughout the nation?
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  • Arizona, Education, Indiana, North Carolina, Nursing, Ohio, Physicians, Professional Licensing, social work, Teachers, Universal Licensure, Virginia
Ohio adopts Nurse Licensure Compact: Weekly regulatory news 
The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy. Ohio expands nursing opportunities with the NLC, the Institute for Justice calls for the repeal of some licenses, an Ohio coalition urges the state to adopt universal licensure, and more in our weekly look at regulatory news.
Cryptocurrency regulation in America
  • Cryptocurrency, Digital Government, Finance, Regulation
A timeline of cryptocurrency regulation in America (Part 3): The 2021 Bull Run
Part 3 of our series on the history of cryptocurrency regulation in America looks at the 2021 Bull Run. During this period, which culminated in Bitcoin reaching an all-time high of $68,000, disagreements continued over the classification of Ether as a commodity and calls for regulatory clarity grew louder.
Week in Brief Podcast
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Regulating massage therapy to fight sex trafficking in Kansas: 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 efforts to establish a licensing regime for massage therapists in Kansas, moves to cut red tape in public health and education in Michigan, and more.
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  • Cryptocurrency, Education, Marijuana, Michigan, Ontario, Professional Licensing, Québec, renewable energy, Virginia, Wisconsin
North Carolina teachers oppose proposed licensure, pay model: Weekly regulatory news 
The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy. Virginia regulators approve largest offshore wind farm in U.S., North Carolina teachers group opposes licensure and pay overhaul, and more in our latest Week in Brief.

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Digital leaders gather in Dublin: Weekly regulatory news

The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy.
This week in regulatory news: Digital leaders and regulators to gather in Dublin, how SEC regs will change cryptocurrency markets, existing
and proposed federal AI regulation in the U.S., and more.

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Trust on trial: Navigating the murky waters of scientific integrity

As fraudulent research papers flood academic journals, the sanctity of scientific discovery is under siege, challenging the very foundation of trust we place in peer-reviewed publications. With AI now both a tool for creating and detecting such deceptions, the urgency for a robust, independent regulatory framework in scientific publishing has never been greater.

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California establishes licensing rules for crypto companies, kiosks: Weekly regulatory news

The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy.
This week in regulatory news, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation that will create licensing rules for cryptocurrency companies and kiosks, the World Health Organization publishes guidelines on regulating AI to improve quality of service in health care, and more.

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Virginia approves universal license recognition: Weekly regulatory news 

The Week in Brief is your weekly snapshot of regulatory news and what's happening in the world of professional licensing, government technology, and public policy.
This week in regulatory news, Virginia approves universal licensure legislation, Alaska makes it easier for licensed professionals who move to the state to get to work faster, France passes stringent licensing rules for crypto firms, and much more.

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