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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How States are Protecting Critical Energy Infrastructure Information
Protecting the electric grid is becoming more complex as the size of the grid continues to grow, and cybersecurity threats are increasing in number and becoming more sophisticated. To meet ...
First Spouses Meet with Second Lady, Convene at 2026 NGA Winter Meeting
First Spouses routinely convene at the annual NGA Winter Meeting to meet with philanthropic and government leaders and to elevate the initiatives they are leading in their states and territories ...
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, ...
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.
Program Areas
Center for Best Practices Library
Rough Waters: Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery for Hurricanes and Floods
The National Governors Association (NGA) Center Homeland Security and Public Safety division held a webinar on common legal challenges posed ...
Governors Education Policy Advisors Institute 2019
Sept. 25 – 27, 2019, Minneapolis, MN The National Governors Association (NGA) Solutions: The Center for Best Practices Education Division ...
US delegation to build on nations’ shared strengths
Originally published in The Australian. By Larry Hogan It was during the First World War that Australia and the US ...
Human Services Policy Institute
NGA Solutions: The Center for Best Practices hosted NGA’s first-ever State Summit on Opportunity Zones. The event featured a range ...
Transportation Electrification: States Rev Up
Governors and states more broadly are pivotal in the ongoing transformation of the transportation sector to one that is increasingly ...
Governor Larry Hogan NGA Chair’s Initiative Infrastructure Stakeholder Summit
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan kicked off the first of four stakeholder summits in Boston, as part of his 2019-20 NGA ...
Infrastructure Stakeholder Summit I: Getting to Work: Relieving Congestion to Boost Economic Competitiveness
As the first of four stakeholder summits in support of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s 2019- 2020 NGA Chair’s Initiative, this ...
2019 NGA Transportation Policy Institute
The National Governors Association’s (NGA) first annual Transportation Policy Institute is a unique event that brings together governors’ transportation policy ...
Experts Roundtable on Energy Cybersecurity Coordination and Information Sharing among State, Federal and Utility Officials
NGA's Energy, Infrastructure & Environment team hosted an expert’s roundtable on Aug. 15 in Washington, D.C., on the topic of ...
Entrepreneurship in States
This webinar describes several dynamic events and activities taking place in Washington, D.C., and a variety of places around the ...
Housing Resilience: Best Practices for States on Resilient Planning & Recovery
This white paper is informed by perspectives from a roundtable on enhancing housing resilience that NGA hosted in January 2019 ...
Bidders Call/Webinar: NGA-Pew Policy Academy on Business Regulations
Speakers discussed the importance of state business regulations, the policy academy benefits for states, the important Pew research on this ...
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