Tag Archives: ARPL
Access to ARPL Advocacy Tools
SHARE: The Alliance for Responsible Professional Licensing (ARPL), of which NASBA and the AICPA are founding members, is a coalition of national associations representing highly complex and technical professions and their state licensing boards. ARPL educates policymakers and the public on the importance of rigorous licensing for engineers, architects, landscape architects, surveyors and CPAs. Last…
Advancing ARPL
SHARE: The important work of protecting licensure from anti-regulatory forces prepares for a new year of progress. The Alliance for Responsible Professional Licensing (ARPL) –a consortium of professions and their regulatory counterparts committed to protecting the public through the protection of licensure for highly skilled professions– had a highly productive 2022. Having laid the groundwork in…
Legislative Briefs
SHARE: By the end of May 2021, 39 jurisdictional legislatures will have adjourned their 2021 legislative sessions and an additional six legislatures will do the same by the end of June; this will leave 10 remaining jurisdictions in session until December 2021. Unlike 2020, when state legislatures across the country convened late due to the…
ARPL Makes a Difference
SHARE: Metrics show that the Alliance for Responsible Professional Licensing (ARPL) is making a difference, reported Skip Braziel, AICPA Vice President of State Regulatory and Legislative Affairs, during a webinar for the State Board executive directors held on March 31. NASBA is a member of ARPL, along with eight other organizations that in total represent…
ARPL Gets Professional Message Out
SHARE: Summer may have been slow for some, but the Alliance for Responsible Professional Licensing (ARPL) has been hard at work telling legislators “Responsible Licensing Matters” and “One Size Does Not Fit All” when it comes to highly complex and technical professions. Prior to the National Conference of State Legislators’ (NCSL) Legislative Summit, August 5-8…
AICPA, NASBA Help Launch New Coalition to Protect Professional Licensing
SHARE: Washington, DC – The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) have helped found the Alliance for Responsible Professional Licensing (ARPL) – a new coalition of advanced professions focused on educating policymakers and the public about the importance of rigorous professional licensing standards. AICPA and NASBA…
ARPL Creates Unified Voice
SHARE: The answers to frequently asked questions about why professional regulation matters can be found on the Alliance for Responsible Professional Licensing’s (ARPL) website: ResponsibleLicensing.org. Formed to educate policy makers and the public on the importance of clear, responsible licensing standards for the professions, ARPL is supported by NASBA, the AICPA, the American Institute of…
Driving a Different Narrative
SHARE: There are major players currently dedicated to reducing the regulation of occupations and professions, NASBA Director of Legislative and Governmental Affairs John W. Johnson once more told the Regional Meetings. These include the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Institute for Justice, Cato Institute, Americans for Prosperity, Mercatus Center and Goldwater Institute. In 2019, anti-regulatory…