Advocacy Communications Archive

  • Coalition Letter on Cybersecurity Funding

    We urge Congress to authorize and fully fund a dedicated cybersecurity grant program to help states, territories and localities develop and implement innovative and effective cybersecurity practices to better secure our ...

  • Letter on the FY2022 Defense Appropriations

    Letter outlining top NGA priorities for Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Appropriations and for our National Guard. The Honorable Betty McCollum Chair, Subcommittee on Defense House Committee on Appropriations H-405, The ...

  • NGA Appoints New Head of Government Relations

    Tiffany Waddell Combines State, Federal and association advocacy The National Governors Association (NGA) has named Tiffany Waddell as Director of Government Relations, to lead the organization’s federal advocacy team in ...

  • Letter to FEMA on Public Assistance Guidelines

    Governors would like to recommend the following actions to improve FEMA’s COVID-19 response and recovery efforts. The Honorable Deanne CriswellAdministratorFederal Emergency Management Agency500 C Street S.W.Washington, ...

  • Governors Welcome Delay of REAL ID Enforcement Deadline

    Today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to extend the REAL ID full enforcement deadline from Oct. 1, 2021 to May 3, 2023 is welcome news to the nation’s Governors, who have urged this step due to ...

  • Letter on Surface Transportation Priorities

    We look forward to working closely with the respective Senate and House committees to help advance a new surface transportation authorization that delivers a comprehensive national strategy for infrastructure because a ...

  • Governors Rev Up Momentum on Infrastructure

    The co-chairs of the National Governors Association’s Economic Recovery and Revitalization Task Force discussed the vital federal-state partnership on infrastructure during a meeting with fellow Governors as they ...