September 20-21, 2011 | Arlington, VA
The NGA Center, in partnership with the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and the Center for Excellence in Project Finance at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), hosted a Workshop on Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation to assist state teams in exploring how P3s—contractual agreements between states and private sector entities—might be used to enhance the delivery and management of transportation infrastructure and get a better appreciation for the tradeoffs with public sector approaches.

This webinar provided an overview of the pediatrician workforce, including the pool of general pediatricians and the shortages that affect many pediatric subspecialties.

July 18-19, 2011 | Providence, RI
The NGA Center hosted a meeting for states interested in state policy strategies for improving state policies that address teacher evaluation. The state team members learned from experts and researchers and shared information across states.

The NGA Center convened ten states, representing nearly 80 percent of U.S. coal production, to participate in a State Policy Study Group on Advanced Coal and Carbon Capture and Storage.

May 19-20, 2011 | Providence, Rhode Island
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices recently held a Long-Term Care and Health Information Exchange (HIE) workshop. Long-Term Care (LTC) is one of the most expensive portions of state health care spending and managing expenditures in this area of health care is increasingly important.

Within the LTC community, there are major opport

June 9-11, 2011 | Seattle, WA
This meeting brought together governors’ education, workforce, and economic development policy advisors to discuss state strategies to improve productivity and competitiveness. State teams heard from national experts, shared best practices, and networked with colleagues across the three policy domains.

June 9 - 10, 2011 │Snowbird, Utah
The NGA Center, with support from the National Institute of Justice, hosted the Cybercrime  and Forensic Sciences Executive Policy Forum to educate governors and other  high-level state policymakers on recent advances in technology and forensic  sciences and the implications for state cyber and electronic crime policy.

June 6-7, 2011 | Snowbird, UT
The NGA Center, in coordination with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, hosted the second meeting of the Policy Academy on Interagency Standardization of Justice Information Sharing.

May 5-6, 2011 | Washington, DC
The NGA Center’s Federal Facilities Task Force (FFTF) held its 2011 Spring Meeting on May 5th and 6th, in Washington, DC. This meeting provided an opportunity for FFTF members to meet with each other, the US Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM), and other invited guests to discuss key issues relevant to states impacted by the ongoing cleanup of the US nuclear weapons complex.

The NGA Center hosted a meeting about the integration of behavioral health and health information exchange. The meeting open to the first seven responding states, included presentations from six experts in health information exchange and the unique challenges to exchanging behavioral health information.

The NGA Center, in cooperation with Pew Center on the States, hosted a webcast on ways states can maintain—or improve—public safety with fewer resources through cross-governmental sentencing and corrections reform.

April 4-6, 2011 | Arlington, VA
The NGA Center hosted a Governors' Energy Advisors Policy Institute on April 4-6th in Arlington, VA. The institute provided an opportunity for governors' energy advisors from 27 different states to examine a comprehensive suite of energy policy best practices with state peers as well as private sector and federal experts.

March 24-25, 2011 | Washington, D.C.
The NGA Center for Best Practices convened a Policy Institute on States and Innovation: Setting the Stage for Job Creation in Washington, DC, from March 24 to 25. The Institute focused on what states and governors can do to improve the economy and create jobs. Topics included ideas about how to best cultivate the elements of an innovation economy, build cluster strategies for specific industries such as advanced manufacturing and energy, spur partnerships between research universities and the private sector, and redesign state economic development agencies.

March 3-4, 2011 | Orlando, FL
The NGA Center hosted a meeting for states interested in state policy strategies for improving school principal preparation. The state team members learned from experts and researchers and shared information with one another.

The webinar addressed Medicaid and CHIP initiatives that improve the quality and delivery of health care for children.  The session offered listeners examples of state efforts and innovation in using medical homes to improve care coordination, developing children's electronic health records, and implementing children's quality measures in CHIP.

January 25, 2011 | Washington, DC
The NGA Center hosted an Experts Roundtable on State Strategies for Advancing Electric Transmission to gather insights from state and federal officials, electric power industry representatives, and other experts about key barriers to improving the electric transmission grid, potential near-term solutions, and the role that governors and states can play in ensuring that the transmission grid meets future needs.

November 8-10, 2010 | San Diego, CA
The NGA Center Federal Facilities Task Force (FFTF) met for the 9th Intergovernmental Meeting with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).  Participants included state, local and tribal representatives from the Energy Communities Alliance, the Environmental Council of the States, the National Association of Attorneys General, the National Conference of State Legislatures and the State and Tribal Government Working Group.

December 6-7, 2010 | New Orleans, Louisiana
The NGA Center hosted the second and final meeting of the Building Ready States Policy Academy during which teams from the six participating states presented their progress developing key components of early childhood policy infrastructure.

Supporting "Ready States:" A Project to Develop Key Components of State Early Childhood Infrastructure is a policy academy that assists states with developing new strategies to support key components of state early childhood infrastructure.

Meeting II | September 30 – October 1, 2010 | Boston, MA
The NGA Center hosted the second and final meeting of the states participating in the Policy Academy on State Strategies to Achieve Graduation for All. The state team members learned from experts and researchers and shared information with one another. State team leaders made presentations about the progress their states have made on their work plans for the academy, and state teams met to plan their next steps.

September 23-24, 2010 | Washington, D.C.
The NGA Center, in coordination with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, hosted the second meeting of the Policy Academy on Interagency Standardization of Justice Information Sharing.

The NGA Center State Alliance for eHealth hosted a live webcast meeting to address common challenges and potential solutions surrounding health IT in the states. The meeting highlighted discussions on E-Prescribing for controlled substances, licensure and the intersection of health reform and health IT. It also included an update from federal officials at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information.