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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Protocol Learning Session – Orders of Precedence
This week, the National Governors Association hosted a Protocol Master Policy Series session in partnership with Meridian International Center, a nonpartisan center for diplomacy based in Washington, D.C. The session ...
Governors Homeland Security Advisors Council 2026 Summer Meeting
The Governors Homeland Security Advisors Council (GHSAC) met August 26-27, 2026, in Arlington, VA. The GHSAC regularly brings together Governors’ homeland security advisors from states, commonwealths, territories and the District ...
Reflecting on Thirty Years of TANF
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is a flexible block grant for states and territories to help fund a wide range of benefits and services for low-income families. As TANF ...
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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Maryland Resilience Retreat
November 29 -28 | Reisterstown, MD The State of Maryland, the Maryland Emergency Management Agency and the Governor’s Office of ...
Idaho Energy Resilience Retreat
November 15 - 16 | Boise, ID The state of Idaho, in partnership with the National Governors Association Center for ...
Northeast Regional Transportation Electrification Workshop
November 29 - 30 | Hartford, CT The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the Northeast ...
Seventeenth Annual Intergovernmental Meeting with the U.S. Department of Energy
November 14 – 16, 2018 | New Orleans, Louisiana The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted ...
Yahoo Op-Ed: America’s Governors are Taking the Lead in Bringing Jobs to Their States
Amid a time of transition, the National Governors Association (NGA) remains dedicated to helping governors achieve the goals with which ...
Governors Helping Governors
NGA CEO Scott D. Pattison talks welcoming incoming governors during the Seminar for New Governors, which took place this past ...
NGA/U.S. DOT Webinar on the Build America Bureau’s New Rural Projects Initiative
The webinar, hosted in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), introduced the U.S. DOT’s Build America Bureau and ...
Prenatal to Age Three Policies
The National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices Education, Health, and Homeland Security & Public Safety divisions held a ...
Midterm Elections: Governors Represent the Best of Bipartisan Progress Across America
NGA executive director and CEO Scott Pattison on the 2018 midterm elections, governors and bipartisanship ...
State Level Policies to Promote Water Utility Consolidation
Gubernatorial leadership in Kentucky helped reduce the number of water utilities in the state from 2,178 in 1974 to 398 ...
NGA releases Expert Roundtable Report on Integrating and Advancing Prenatal to Age 3 Policies
The National Governors Association (NGA) released a report from the June 5, 2018 expert roundtable in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The roundtable ...
School Leadership Under ESSA: State Highlights
Hosted by the National Governors Association (NGA) and Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), this webinar highlighted how governors ...
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