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 Nuclear Dispatch: Advancing Nuclear Energy in Virginia and Tennessee
After a robust build out of nuclear capacity towards the end of the 20th century, the United States is currently positioned to experience a nuclear renaissance. (Download) Executive Statement While ...
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 ...
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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2017 Policy Institute for Governors’ Economic Advisors
July 18–21, 2017 | Annapolis, MD The 2017 Institute for Governors’ Economic Policy Advisors allowed governors’ top economic development staff ...
Pennsylvania Retreat on Enhancing Lead-by-Example Policy
July 20, 2017 | Aristes, PA Ample opportunities exist to reduce energy consumption and expenditures in public buildings. The National ...
State Reporting: NGA Compact To Fight Opioid Addiction
Governors provide examples on the actions they have taken to reduce inappropriate opioid prescribing, change the nation’s understanding of opioids ...
Three Branch Institute on Improving Child Safety and Preventing Child Fatalities
June 28–30, 2017 | Nashville, TN The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted a second meeting ...
North Carolina Retreat on Enhancing Lead-by-Example Efforts
June 29, 2017 | Raleigh, NC The state of North Carolina, in partnership with the National Governors Association Center for ...
2017 Seminar for New Governors’ Energy Advisors and Annual Governors’ Advisors’ Energy Policy Institute
June 19 – 21, 2017 | Arlington, VA The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) held the ...
Mississippi Retreat on Reducing Energy Use in State Buildings
June 14, 2017 | Jackson, MS The state of Mississippi, in partnership with the National Governors Association Center for Best ...
Learning Lab on Strategies to Reduce Childhood Hunger
June 12 – 13, 2017 | Richmond, VA The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) held a ...
Governors Education Symposium
June 11 – 12, 2017 | Denver, CO The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the ...
Washington State Retreat on Enhancing Lead-by-Example Efforts
June 8, 2017 | Olympia, WA The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center), in partnership with the ...
Advancing the Energy-Water Nexus: How Governors Can Bridge Their Conservation Goals
Energy and water are critical resources that rely on each other to be extracted, transported and used. However, because states ...
Setting Site-Specific Priorities in the Federal Budget Process for Cleanup of Nuclear Weapons Waste
Opportunities for State Engagement Sufficient federal funding to clean up the U.S. nuclear weapons complex is a priority for states ...
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