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The NGA Center for Best Practices teams and divisions develop innovative solutions to today’s most pressing public policy challenges. The center is the only research and development firm that directly serves the nation’s Governors.

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2024 Governors’ Legal Counsel Convening

2024 Governors’ Legal Counsel Convening

The 2024 Governors’ Legal Counsel Convening was held on September 26-27 in Burlington, Vermont. Hosted by the National Governors Association, the event brought together Governors’ chief legal counsel, general counsel, and deputy ...
Governors Address Healthcare Labor Shortages

Governors Address Healthcare Labor Shortages

Concerns about healthcare workforce supply and preparing the next generation of the healthcare workforce have been building for several years for a variety of reasons. Last month, Mercer released a report examining projected ...
Ensuring Energy Security & Resilience for All

Ensuring Energy Security & Resilience for All

Strategies for Governors to address the needs of certain vulnerable individuals during energy emergencies (Download) As states and territories face an increasing range of threats that could compromise energy reliability, ...

Let’s Get Ready

All Americans should have access to education that prepares them for success in life. As the world changes and technology evolves, ensuring all students graduate with the skills and knowledge necessary for success is increasingly critical for our nation’s economic competitiveness.

As Governors, we lead states facing economic opportunities but also challenges, shortages in workforce, skills mismatch, and widening opportunity gaps that limit true economic mobility for Americans. We must take these indicators as a call to action.

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2024 Governors’ Legal Counsel Convening

2024 Governors’ Legal Counsel Convening

The 2024 Governors’ Legal Counsel Convening was held on September 26-27 in Burlington, Vermont. Hosted by the National Governors Association, the event ...
Governors Address Healthcare Labor Shortages

Governors Address Healthcare Labor Shortages

Concerns about healthcare workforce supply and preparing the next generation of the healthcare workforce have been building for several years for a variety ...
Ensuring Energy Security & Resilience for All

Ensuring Energy Security & Resilience for All

Strategies for Governors to address the needs of certain vulnerable individuals during energy emergencies (Download) As states and territories face ...
Governors’ Infrastructure Coordinators Meet in Washington D.C. for Eighth Workshop  

Governors’ Infrastructure Coordinators Meet in Washington D.C. for Eighth Workshop  

On September 25th to 26th 2024, the National Governors Association hosted Infrastructure Coordinators in Washington, D.C. for a two-day workshop ...
Recognizing National Youth Justice Action Month

Recognizing National Youth Justice Action Month

The National Governors Association is celebrating National Youth Justice Action Month this October. During this period, we recognize the actions ...
Navigating the GenAI Frontier: Strategies for Governors’ Offices

Navigating the GenAI Frontier: Strategies for Governors’ Offices

Governors are working to maximize the benefits and mitigate the risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and NGA is assisting in ...
2024 Health and Human Services Policy Advisors Institute

2024 Health and Human Services Policy Advisors Institute

The National Governors Association (NGA) welcomed Governors' advisors and policy leaders from thirty-two states and five territories to the annual ...
Governors Working on Workforce Development

Governors Working on Workforce Development

The NGA Center for Best Practices will host the 2024 Fall Workforce Development Policy Institute in Mystic, Connecticut at the ...
Announcing the Public Health Emergency Playbook

Announcing the Public Health Emergency Playbook

The National Governors Association (NGA) hosted a webinar to announce the release of the Governors Public Health Emergency Playbook, the ...
2024 Cybersecurity Policy Advisors Network In-Person Convening

2024 Cybersecurity Policy Advisors Network In-Person Convening

The 2024 Cybersecurity Policy Advisors Network In-Person Convening was held on September 18-19th at Google’s offices in Washington, DC. Hosted ...
Insights and Opportunities on Public Sector Skills Based Strategy Efforts

Insights and Opportunities on Public Sector Skills Based Strategy Efforts

Since 2021, Governors in more than twenty states have taken steps to remove unnecessary bachelor’s degree requirements for jobs in ...
Nation’s Governors, First Spouses Mark National Recovery Month

Nation’s Governors, First Spouses Mark National Recovery Month

Each September, National Recovery Month is observed to help promote and support new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, the emergence ...

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