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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Let’s Get Ready! To Define Success
After a fireside chat on preparing students of all ages for workforce success, and a panel discussion featuring insights from Dr. Richard V. Reeves and Dr. Oon Seng Tan, the ...
Cultivating Consensus in Human Services
It's critical for Governors and human services leaders to navigate complex issues, especially when political tension feels high. In some scenarios, successful implementation can rely more on framing and relationship ...
Governors’ Perspectives on Addressing Child Care Needs: Supply and Demand Trends to Watch
Opportunities abound for state-led solutions, and Governors continue to take up the mantle by continuing to prioritize increasing the availability of early care and education. (Download) Ten years ago, Governors’ ...
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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Governors Advisors Energy Policy Institute
The National Governors’ Association’s (NGA) Governors’ Advisors Energy Policy Institute brought together governors’ energy policy staff to share energy policy ...
State Cyber Disruption Response Plans
This issue brief examines state cyber disruption response plans that governors are developing and testing in preparation for cyberattacks that ...
NGA Health to Assist 5 States on Addressing Infectious Diseases Related to Substance Use
The National Governors Association Health Division (NGA Health) will be working with five states -- Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Nevada and ...
State Protection of Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII)
This policy scan explores state laws that protect critical energy infrastructure information (CEII) from public disclosure ...
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 ...
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