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Every login attempt at a state regulatory agency carries the question: does this person deserve access to what they're asking for? A citizen renewing a professional license, an inspector pulling up a facility record from a job site, a board member reviewing...
Every regulatory agency faces the same pressure: More applications. More complaints. More compliance requirements. More public scrutiny. Yet when regulatory agency backlogs grow, the first response often remains the same: "We need more staff." But what if the backlog...
Quick Answer The 2026 State Occupational Licensing Index ranks Oregon as the state with the highest occupational licensing burden and Missouri as the state with the lowest. The index compares all 50 states and Washington, D.C., based on the number of licensed...
The Oklahoma Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training recently awarded GL Solutions, a leading provider of regulatory software, a contract to modernize their licensing systems. The Board procured the software using the statewide Oklahoma Office of Management...
The Suffolk County Police Department recently selected GL Solutions to deliver a modern pistol permitting system to replace the current legacy platform that supports both the SCPD, as well as the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office. GL Solutions produces GL Suite,...
State agencies and regulatory boards face a productivity problem, not a workload problem. Taxpayers fund people, not paperwork. Yet, across government, highly trained professionals spend countless hours routing applications, managing regulatory workflows and...
Discover How Your State Compares Learn how your state compares in the latest release of the State Childcare Regulations Database. The 2026 edition presents childcare regulations by state, organizing the data by facility, supervision and professional regulations. We...
A licensee with a visual impairment tries to renew her credentials online. The form fields lack labels. Her screen reader cannot interpret the page. She calls your office for help, joins a queue and waits. This scenario plays out across state regulatory agencies every...
Fireworks Laws Quick Facts Number of states permitting most consumer fireworks: 29 Number of states restricting aerial fireworks: 18 Number of states regulating at county level: 3 Number of states banning sales: 1 According to the American Pyrotechnics Association,...
