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How do interstate compacts make licensing more efficient?
States are increasingly turning to interstate compacts as a way to help workers in licensed professions practice in multiple states while ensuring that the standards in place to protect the public are upheld. We take a look at different types of occupational licensure compacts and how they make licensing more efficient.
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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.

  • COVID-19, Cyberattacks, Cybersecurity, Esthetician, Iowa, Labor, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, Nursing, Oregon, Poland, Professional Licensing, Texas, Ukraine
Iowa sued over licensing requirements for threaders
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, a Texas company sues Iowa for excessive licensing requirements for threaders, nurses face more licensing delays, and one state introduces new hospital policies to fight labor shortages.
Iowa relaxes licensing processes
  • Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Licensing Reform, North Dakota, Pharmacy
Iowa moves to relax licensing process
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 regulatory news, efforts to ease licensing restrictions make strides in several states.
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  • Diversity, Harry Cayton, Professional Licensing, Regulation
Harry Cayton discusses diversity, equality in regulation: Ascend Radio
Few regulatory leaders have left their mark on regulation like Harry Cayton. He’s sought-after the world round for his analysis, insight, and recommendations on regulatory practices. In this Ascend Radio podcast, Cayton discusses topics ranging fairness, equality, diversity, the regulatory challenges of the pandemic, and moral duty in the context of regulation.
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  • Credential security, Cybersecurity, Digital Government
Credential security 101: How regulators can protect electronic user credentials
Credentials are among the most sought-after pieces of data by malicious actors in the cybersecurity space. With the right set of passwords, a cybercriminal can breach many systems, accessing a treasure trove of other, more sensitive information. Here we break down the basics of credential security as well as measures regulators can take to safeguard electronic information.
  • California, Cybersecurity, Digital Government, Education, Health Care, Health Care Regulation, New Mexico, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Physicians, Professional Licensing, Virginia
N.L. doctors oppose proposed government say in licensing: 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. N.L. doctors oppose proposed government say in licensing, New Mexico licensing department hit by cyberattack, Virginia moves to lower barriers to teacher licensure, and more in our weekly look at regulatory news.
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  • Arkansas, Cannabis, Education, Interstate compacts, Minnesota, Nova Scotia, Nursing, Professional Licensing, Regulation, Utah, Wisconsin
Utah becomes first state to enact PA 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. This week in regulatory news, Utah becomes the first state to pass legislation to join the PA Licensure Compact, a new State Occupational Licensing Index finds that Arkansas has the most occupational licensure in the nation, and much more.
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  • Architecture, Boca Raton, British Columbia, Cannabis, COVID-19, Cybersecurity, Iowa, Licensing Reform, Missouri, Professional Licensing
Architects in US, UK achieve mutual recognition of credentials: 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. The US and UK enable mutual recognition of architecture credentials, Canadian businesses in critical industries face penalties over cybersecurity measures, and more in our Week in Brief.
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  • Cosmetology, Digital ID, Gambling, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ohio, Oregon, Professional Licensing, Regulation, Texas, U.K.
Turkey launches blockchain-based digital ID for government services: 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. In this week's regulatory news, Turkey launches a blockchain-based ID for government services, the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador also considers digital IDs, Britain launches a probe into gambling-related harm, and much more.
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  • AI, Alberta, Cannabis, Colombia, Cryptocurrency, Digital Government, discrimination, E.U., Gambling, Licensing Reform, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Professional Licensing, Regulation, U.K., U.S.
NH licensing overhaul faces bipartisan rejection: 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, Pennsylvania senators grill Shapiro Administration officials over license application processing times, New Hampshire lawmakers move to strike down Governor Sununu’s controversial licensing reform measures, and much more.
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  • Canada, Elections, Governance, Law, Ontario, Professional Licensing
When are governance elections threats to self-regulating professions?
Governance elections are a vital dimension to healthy self-regulation. But as Ken Osborne explores in this article, they are increasingly under threat from low voter participation and politicization that can cause tension between representative and regulatory functions.
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  • Cryptocurrency, Digital Government, Finance, Regulation
A timeline of cryptocurrency regulation in America (Part 1): Have regulators been clear?
In the wake of a tumultuous year for cryptocurrency, governments around the world are making moves to regulate digital currencies. While recent headlines suggest a flurry of scattered efforts to apply rules to govern cryptocurrency and its exchanges, this is a continuation of a regulatory trend.

Crypto’s history with regulators, lawmakers, and enforcement agencies spans a decade, but it can be challenging to make sense of it all. In the first part of this series on the history of cryptocurrency regulation, Ascend contributor Sean Gellis explores how the two have intersected over time, taking us back to the origins of digital currency and a comprehensive timeline of early cryptocurrency regulation in the U.S.
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  • Hawaii, Health Care, Interstate compacts, labor shortages, Mental Health, Minnesota, Physicians, Professional Licensing, Regulators, Turkey, Vermont, Veterinarians, Wisconsin
Minnesota considers veterinary technician 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. This week in regulatory news, the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association pushes for legislation to regulate veterinary technicians, while Hawaii and Vermont consider joining interstate compacts to streamline licensing for physicians and mental health counselors.
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  • addiction, Aerospace, Deregulation, Idaho, Iowa, Licensing Reform, medicine, Multi-jurisdictional Licensing, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nursing, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Professional Licensing, Regulation, Teachers, Tennessee, Veterans, Wyoming
Doctors call for new aerospace medicine licensure standards: 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, Canadian physicians consider how to treat patients in space, New Hampshire debates a massive deregulation bill, New Jersey passes laws to help cover veteran funeral costs, and much more.
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  • Australia, British Columbia, Cannabis, Cybersecurity, labor shortages, Massachusetts, Medical Marijuana, military, Multi-jurisdictional Licensing, Newfoundland and Labrador, Pennsylvania, social work, Virginia
Virginia simplifies licensure for mental health professionals: 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 expedites licensing for social workers from out-of-state, Massachusetts simplifies licensure for military spouses, and more in our weekly look at regulatory news.
  • Harry Cayton, Regulation, Right-touch Regulation
What is Right-touch regulation?
Regulators around the world approach the process of regulation differently. In his efforts to determine what makes good regulation, Harry Cayton helped design what came to be called Right-touch regulation. In this series, Ariel Visconti explores what it is and how it is used in practice.
  • Deregulation, Florida, Licensing Reform, Professional Licensing, Regulation
Florida passes most comprehensive deregulation bill to date
Florida made history when it passed the Occupational Freedom of Opportunity Act in 2020, which loosened or abolished occupational licensing requirements across 30 professions. But not everyone was pleased. We explore the main provisions of the law and the debate surrounding its passage.

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Ontario removes Canadian work experience requirement for foreign-trained engineers: 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, online gaming operators in Quebec form a coalition to call for new industry regulations, Missouri moves to tighten licensing restrictions for assistant physicians, and more.

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Massachusetts considers mobile sports betting licenses: 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.
Massachusetts gaming regulators review applications for mobile sports betting licenses, Kentucky expands assessment options for teachers, and more in our weekly look at regulatory news.

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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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When perception trumps science in assessing regulatory risk, we all lose

Experts like Malcolm Sparrow commonly assert that regulation is about the prevention of harms. But in order to prevent harms, we must understand risk – and this is where it gets complicated for policymakers. In this Voices article, Harry Cayton explores how our perception of risk in many parts of our lives differs from the actual risk of harm, and how this can distort regulatory policy.

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