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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NGA Welcomes Three States and Territories into Policy Academy to Strengthen Benefits Systems Through Innovative Technology
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices us pleased to welcome American Samoa, Hawai’i, and Louisiana to the Policy Academy to Strengthen Benefits Systems Through Innovative Technology. The 12-month ...
Building the Infrastructure America Needs
Infrastructure works best when no one notices it. Clean water flows from the tap, goods move efficiently across highways and rails, and high-speed internet connects families to opportunity, all without ...
A Look at the Alabama Principal Leadership Development System
In a webinar for state education leaders, Dr. Anna Shepherd-Jones presented the Alabama Principal Leadership Development System (APLDS), explaining its purpose to improve principal effectiveness and student outcomes. Resources: Presentation ...
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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National Summit on State Cybersecurity
Over the course of two days, participants engaged in a series of interactive sessions and breakouts to discuss the newest ...
Bootcamp for Governors’ New Energy Policy Advisors
Energy, Infrastructure & Environment hosted a bootcamp on May 9 and 10 for Governors' New Energy Policy Advisors ...
Impaired Driving Convening
The NGA Solutions: Center for Best Practices’ Impaired Driving Convening brought together 13 states to discuss strategies to address transportation ...
North/Central Regional Transportation Electrification Workshop
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the North/Central Regional Transportation Electrification Workshop in Kansas City, ...
State Strategies for Averting Early Deaths
Death by suicide is a complex individual, relational and public health problem. The incidence of such deaths over the past ...
Policy Update: State Policy Support for Nuclear Generation
This policy scan summarizes recent state policy actions to support nuclear generation, recognizing the ability of nuclearpower to reliably meet ...
Water 101: Webinar for New Advisers
The webinar covers the types of policy assistance that NGA offers, gives new advisers some insights into their jobs from ...
Governor’s Guide to Homeland Security
The Homeland Security & Public Safety Division has assembled best practices for governors and their homeland security policy staff in ...
Washington Leaders Must Heed the Signs—Infrastructure Investment is Overdue
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH By Scott D. Pattison In recent weeks, Americans have watched in horror and ...
New Governors Energy Policy Advisers Webinar (Part 2)
NGA’s Energy, Infrastructure & Environment (EIE) Division hosted a series of events in early 2019 for new energy advisers. This ...
National Institute on Scaling Work-Based Learning
Date: April 8-10, 2019 Location: Point Clear, Alabama Abstract: National Governors Association Solutions: The Center for Best Practices (NGA Solutions) ...
Leveraging Data to Unleash Innovation & Curb the Opioid Epidemic
In the complex fight against the opioid overdose epidemic, states can use data to identify critical needs, direct resources and ...
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