In response to the impact of Generative AI on cybersecurity in the public sector, GovRAMP recently launched the AI Security Task Force. According to GovRAMP on April 24, the initiative focuses on enhancing cybersecurity standards for AI-enabled cloud solutions used by government. “GovRAMP has always operated at the intersection of innovation and trust,” said Leah McGrath, Executive Director of GovRAMP. “The launch of the AI Security Task Force marks an important step toward equipping public sector organizations to adopt AI responsibly and securely.”
Delaware ranks number 31 overall for all states and Puerto Rico in the 2024 State Occupational Licensing Index from the Archbridge Institute and the Knee Regulatory Research Center; the score places the state 31st among states for the highest occupational licensing burden. Besides the overall ranking, the report also features a state profile ranking that puts states in one of five quintiles. Delaware ranks four in the quintile system, with one the “most occupational licensing” and five the “least occupational licensing.” The quintile system reviews several factors, including barriers and licenses, along with universal recognition reforms. The licensing index, released in August, contains information on 284 occupations.
Other overall rankings include Nebraska at number 32.
See a listing of all state rankings in the latest edition of the State Occupational Licensing Index.
An Alabama bill proposes to protect people from “discrimination” for their vaccination status, as well as their refusal to wear face masks, according to the Alabama Media Group on April 7. HB520 prevents “an occupational licensing board from denying, suspending, revoking, or refusing to issue, renew, or reinstate a license because of the immunization status of the licensee or applicant for a license.” The legislation heads to the House Committee on Health for further consideration.
Alaska Moves Toward Regulating Interior Designers
The Alaska Senate voted to approve Senate Bill 54 to create an interior design licensing process and change the way the state regulates landscape architects.
NASCIO Honors New Hampshire CIO Denis Goulet
According to an April 30 press release, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) awarded New Hampshire Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Commissioner Denis Goulet with the Decade of Leadership Award for ten years of service to New Hampshire as the CIO.
Opinion: Five Bad Licensing Compacts
Economist Edward Timmons focuses on the first five compacts to receive funding from the Department of Defense via the National Center for Interstate Compacts or NCIC. Timmons says, “The Council of State Governments has led an effort to implement five (and counting) compacts and we have very little to show for these efforts.”