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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Civility, Federalism, and the Future of American Politics
In a week that could easily have been defined by division, the penultimate session of the 2026 NGA Winter Meeting offered something increasingly rare in American public life: two politicians, ...
Policy Brief: Outdoor Recreation and Public Health
States are increasingly exploring the intersection of health policy and outdoor recreation to better understand how these policy areas could be leveraged for the positive benefit of their constituents. While ...
The Power of Service: Governors Lead Efforts to Support Military Families and to Promote Volunteer Service Opportunities
In a segment titled “The Power of Service,” NGA Vice Chair Maryland Governor Wes Moore led a panel discussion to explore how Americans can heal division by serving in our ...
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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Outdoor Recreation Webinar on Economy Industry Data
The outdoor recreation industry contributes $427.2 billion to US GDP annually and its share is continuing to grow. Individually, for ...
NGA Selects 5 States to Address Managed Care as a Tool to Drive Health System Change
The National Governors Association (NGA) competitively selected five states — Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Wisconsin — to ...
Governors Taking Action by Leading by Example
Governors have the unique ability to reduce energy consumption in state-owned facilities through aggressive lead-by-example (LBE) targets. Energy use at ...
Eighteenth Annual Intergovernmental Meeting with the U.S. Department of Energy on Nuclear Weapons Waste Cleanup
Nashville, TN | November 19-21, 2019 The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the 18th annual ...
New Advisor Bootcamp and Annual Water Policy Institute
The 2019 Water Policy Institute featured innovative policies and approaches along with cross-cutting issues such as health challenges with PFAs ...
Child Health, Wellbeing and Safety in Schools Requires All of Us
Originally published in FoxNews.com. By Chris Sununu and Laura Kelly As students streamed back into classrooms this fall, parents, educators, ...
Webinar: Ebola and Beyond: Legal Preparedness for Outbreaks
Download the webinar here. Description: NGA is excited to announce the launch of a webinar series on Legal Preparedness for ...
States are meeting the challenge of infrastructure. Is Washington listening?
Originally published in the Washington Times. By Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan - - Tuesday, November 19, 2019 ANALYSIS/OPINION: The United ...
Integrating and Advancing State Prenatal to 3 Policies
November 13-15, 2019 | Charleston, SC The NGA Early Care and Education and Human Services Teams hosted six states as ...
RURAL PROSPERITY THROUGH THE ARTS & CREATIVE SECTOR
Rural America has a robust cultural history that has enriched the nation and its people. Rural America is also beset ...
NGA Selects 6 States to Address the Health Care Workforce Needs of a Modern Delivery System
The National Governors Association (NGA) competitively selected six states -- Connecticut, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, New York and Oklahoma -- ...
Maryland Grid Modernization Retreat
Infrastructure policy and technology experts from across the country will join NGA)in Detroit, Michigan, for the second of four Stakeholder ...
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