NGA Center for Best Practices
NGA Center for Best Practices teams develop innovative solutions to today’s most pressing public policy challenges. The NGA Center is the only research and development firm that directly serves the nation’s Governors.
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2026 Energy Resilience Roundtable for U.S. Territories, Alaska & Hawaiʻi
Energy supports daily life, economic opportunity, and public safety, and its importance is never clearer than when the power goes out. That is why ensuring resilient, reliable and affordable energy ...
NGA statement regarding 530A Accounts Auto-Enrollment
National Governors Association Chair Maryland Governor Wes Moore and Vice Chair Indiana Governor Mike Braun today issued the following statement regarding 530A Accounts Auto-Enrollment “We applaud the Administration for taking ...
Addressing the Cost of Care: Child Care Access and Affordability
Across the country, Governors are working to bring down the cost of living for everyday Americans, and improving child care access and affordability remains a key priority in those efforts ...
Reigniting the American Dream
Every American should have the opportunity to build a life of purpose, to strengthen their community, and to help shape a nation defined not only by prosperity, but by potential realized. Yet across our very diverse states, too many people have lost faith in this opportunity. They’ve faced too many obstacles, encountered too many closed doors, and given up the hope of a brighter future. We can do better.
Reigniting the American Dream is more than an initiative. It’s an invitation for every U.S. governor to take action.
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Cleaning Up America’s Nuclear Weapons Complex: 2015 Update for Governors
Governors play an important role in the nuclear cleanup effort by ensuring that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), their ...
Small Business and Cybersecurity
Virtually any small business relies on technology and an Internet connection to thrive in today’s hyper-competitive, digital economy. Consequently, small ...
A Compact to Improve State Cybersecurity
The foremost duty of every governor is to safeguard the public safety and welfare of its residents; that includes protecting ...
Cybercrime: What Can A Governor Do?
The state and local officials that comprise the homeland security and public safety community must confront all hazards to the ...
Building a Cybersecurity Workforce Pipeline
States confront four interrelated challenges to building, recruiting, and retaining a cybersecurity workforce. First, many companies are unable to find ...
Cybersecurity in the Education Sector
Although frequently omitted from conversations about cybersecurity, K-12 schools and institutions of higher education are under assault from so-called hacktivists, ...
Securing Election Infrastructure
The people of the United States are committed to free and fair elections. With the 2016 elections fast approaching, state ...
Cybersecurity in the Health Care Sector
The health care industry faces two major cybersecurity threats. First, the transition from paper record-keeping to electronic health records has ...
Memo on State Cybersecurity Centers
Since 2015, seven states have publicly established or announced the creation of a state “cybersecurity center,” tasked with implementing key ...
Memo on State Cybersecurity Strategies
This memo provides an overview of state cybersecurity strategies, as well as information technology and homeland security strategies with cybersecurity ...
Memo on State Cybersecurity Governance Bodies
This memo identifies commonalities and differences among the 22 states that established governance bodies tasked with identifying the cyber threats ...
Memo on State Cybersecurity Strategies
This memo provides an overview of state cybersecurity strategies, as well as information technology and homeland security strategies with cybersecurity ...
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