NGA Center for Best Practices
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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Promising Practices for State and Territory Disability Data Collection and Usage
This brief outlines promising practices that states and territories can implement to collect disability data to advance health equity. A full list of citations is available in the PDF version ...
2024 State Experts Roundtable on Protecting Energy Infrastructure from Physical Attacks
On September 12, 2024, the National Governors Association (NGA), in partnership with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), National Conference of ...
Child & Family Services Review Process
On November 20th, the National Governors Association Children and Families team hosted the monthly meeting of the Human Services Policy Advisors Institute, with the Children’s Bureau on the Child & ...
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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Entrepreneurship in States: Fostering a Startup-Friendly Economy
In this report, NGA has provided cases highlighting state visioning, data collection, financial amenities, regulatory approaches, broadband needs, rural programming, ...
Public Health Preparedness and Response Workshop for State and Territorial Gubernatorial and Legislative Leaders
NGA partnered with CDC to give states the opportunity to learn about public health model policies in Arizona and develop ...
State Summit on Opportunity Zones
NGA Solutions: The Center for Best Practices hosted NGA’s first-ever State Summit on Opportunity Zones. The event featured a range ...
Building Success: Strategies for Effectively Advancing Your Governor’s Education Priorities
This joint-webinar with EducationCounsel was designed to provide new Governors Education Policy Advisors (GEPAs) with an overview of our team ...
Regional Workshops on Expanding Access to Medication Assisted Treatment for Justice-Involved Populations
NGA Solutions: Center for Best Practices Regional Workshops on Expanding Access to Medication Assisted Treatment for Justice-Involved Populations to 9 ...
The User Pays? A Potential Solution to the Transportation Funding Crisis
This webinar explored sustainable funding alternatives, such as Mileage Based User Fees (MBUFs) or Road Use Charges (RUCs), that several ...
Connecting State Financing Policy to Institutional Innovation
NGA Solutions: The Center for Best Practices had a meeting focused on transforming state postsecondary financing policies to support institutional ...
Transportation Technology Workshop
NGA Energy, Infrastructure & Environment hosted a workshop on June 4 and 5 in Washington, on the topic of advanced ...
Cleaning Up America’s Nuclear Weapons Complex: 2019 Update for Governors
This guide, produced by the National Governors Association's (NGA) Energy, Infrastructure & Environment team, outlines successes and challenges faced by ...
Smart & Safe: State Strategies for Enhancing Cybersecurity in the Electric Sector
This paper recommends seven actions for governors to consider in order to protect electricity infrastructure and personally identifiable information. (Download) ...
Smart & Safe: State Strategies for Enhancing Cybersecurity in the Electric Sector
This white paper outlines seven actions governors can take in order to protect electricity infrastructure and personally identifiable information from ...
Addressing the Infectious Disease Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic
Two NGA Health publications present insights from this work that can inform other governors’ efforts to prevent infectious disease outbreaks ...
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