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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, Jordan and Paul discuss a new report from NASCIO on how automation and AI can help state governments bolster their IT resilience, legislation in Florida that would enter the state into the Social Work Licensure Compact, and more.

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In this episode of Ascend Radio, David Benton, CEO of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), reflects on his impending retirement, his eight years of work with the organization, its value to the field of nursing in the U.S. and abroad, and much more.

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 proposals in Nebraska to enter the state into three new licensing compacts, a report from NASCIO reflecting on accomplishments and challenges in the world of digital government, and more.

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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 efforts to relax teacher licensing exam rules in Kansas, calls from major sports leagues to move ahead with expanding Quebec's betting system, and more.

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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 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 licensure, 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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On this episode of Ascend Radio, Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) Secretary Dan Hereth sits down with Paul Leavoy to discuss his agency's digital transformation journey, strategies regulators can take when trying to deploy new technologies, and much more.

The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, 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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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 Pennsylvania's impending partial implementation of the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), a new data sharing arrangement between Wisconsin and Michigan that could speed up license approvals in both states, and more.

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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 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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