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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Ensuring Clarity and Transparency in Radioactive Waste Definitions

Ensuring Clarity and Transparency in Radioactive Waste Definitions

The purpose of this document is to help states impacted by cleanup at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons cleanup sites clarify the radioactive waste classifications that underpin cleanup ...
Nation’s Governors Implement Policies to Support Veterans

Nation’s Governors Implement Policies to Support Veterans

As the country celebrates Veterans Day, the nation’s Governors will mark the occasion by issuing proclamations and holding ceremonies to recognize the military service of America’s veterans. During 2024, Governors ...
Colorado – Innovative Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Case Study

Colorado – Innovative Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Case Study

The below case study was developed through a NGA partnership with Oregon State University’s Center for the Outdoor Recreation Economy to research and assess the Travel, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation ...

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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Idaho Energy Resilience Retreat

November 15 - 16 | Boise, ID The state of Idaho, in partnership with the National Governors Association Center for ...

Northeast Regional Transportation Electrification Workshop

November 29 - 30 | Hartford, CT The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the Northeast ...

Seventeenth Annual Intergovernmental Meeting with the U.S. Department of Energy

November 14 – 16, 2018 | New Orleans, Louisiana The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted ...

Yahoo Op-Ed: America’s Governors are Taking the Lead in Bringing Jobs to Their States

Amid a time of transition, the National Governors Association (NGA) remains dedicated to helping governors achieve the goals with which ...

Governors Helping Governors

NGA CEO Scott D. Pattison talks welcoming incoming governors during the Seminar for New Governors, which took place this past ...

NGA/U.S. DOT Webinar on the Build America Bureau’s New Rural Projects Initiative

The webinar, hosted in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), introduced the U.S. DOT’s Build America Bureau and ...
Prenatal to Age Three Policies

Prenatal to Age Three Policies

The National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices Education, Health, and Homeland Security & Public Safety divisions held a ...

Midterm Elections: Governors Represent the Best of Bipartisan Progress Across America

NGA executive director and CEO Scott Pattison on the 2018 midterm elections, governors and bipartisanship ...

State Level Policies to Promote Water Utility Consolidation

Gubernatorial leadership in Kentucky helped reduce the number of water utilities in the state from 2,178 in 1974 to 398 ...
NGA releases Expert Roundtable Report on Integrating and Advancing Prenatal to Age 3 Policies

NGA releases Expert Roundtable Report on Integrating and Advancing Prenatal to Age 3 Policies

The National Governors Association (NGA) released a report from the June 5, 2018 expert roundtable in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The roundtable ...
School Leadership Under ESSA: State Highlights

School Leadership Under ESSA: State Highlights

Hosted by the National Governors Association (NGA) and Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), this webinar highlighted how governors ...

Emerging Contaminants: Prevention, Treatment and Messaging

October 27, 2017 Join NGA's Water Policy Learning Network to hear from expert practitioners about state policies and programs aimed ...

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