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New 2026 Licensing Database Gives Regulators a State-by-State Benchmark The Knee Regulatory Research Center announced the release of their updated 2026 Annual Licensing Database Snapshot on October 19. For each state, the database includes updated licensing...
Agencies Can No Longer Measure Success by Activity Alone Regulatory agencies face increasing demand, along with staffing constraints. Yet many still measure success through budgets, staffing levels and assigned workload. Those metrics explain available resources but...
How licensing, permitting and enforcement agencies turn "enterprise" thinking into fewer systems, lower costs and one consistent experience for the public A legislative aide asks how many professionals hold credentials from more than one board. That simple question...
Modern regulatory agencies embed compliance directly into workflows rather than relying on manual reviews, post-process audits and after-the-fact corrections. Regulatory agencies already understand their compliance responsibility. The real question: why systems force...
The North Carolina State Lottery Commission recently awarded GL Solutions a contract to modernize existing processes with a single system of record for all licensing, compliance, and enforcement activities of its regulatory arm. The commission selected GL Solutions’...
How state licensing, permitting and enforcement agencies turn governance, architecture and business intelligence into decisions that leaders trust A legislator asks how long your agency is taking to process license renewals this quarter. It's a reasonable question,...
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...
