Infrastructure
Infrastructure is the foundation states are built upon. It impacts everything from economic development and global competitiveness to our quality of life, safety, environment, and resiliency. Governors have taken action to enhance infrastructure, including creating new and increasing existing funding streams, advancing public-private partnerships, addressing regulatory delays, improving transparency, and promoting innovation.
NGA Infrastructure Resource Pages
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Governors’ Infrastructure Coordinators Meet in Washington D.C. for Eighth Workshop
On September 25th to 26th 2024, the National Governors Association hosted Infrastructure Coordinators in Washington, D.C. for a two-day workshop. This meeting marked the eighth Infrastructure Coordinator Workshop held since ...
States Capitalize on Federal Infrastructure Investments to Expand Workforce Development
Since 2021, a wave of federal infrastructure investments has provided states with historic levels of funding for economic development and industrial growth. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), CHIPS ...
State Resource Center: Innovative Infrastructure Funding, Financing and Delivery
Governors across the country are exploring the use of alternative infrastructure delivery models and innovative funding and financing approaches to deploy a wide range of infrastructure projects in their states ...
Midwest Regional Project Delivery Workshop
On Tuesday July 30 and Wednesday July 31, 2024, NGA hosted the third of its Regional Project Delivery Workshops in Minneapolis, Minnesota. These workshops provide a forum for Governors’ advisors ...
NGA Wraps Up Third Broadband Leaders Workshop in Kansas
NGA hosted its third Broadband Leaders Workshop, June 3-5, in Overland Park, Kansas. Over 60 broadband leaders from around 40 states and territories came together with federal officials, internet service ...
State and Local Government Leaders Urge Congress to Preserve the State and Local Cyber Security Grant Program
The Honorable Patty MurrayChairSenate Committee on AppropriationsCapitol Building S-146AWashington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Susan CollinsVice ChairSenate Committee on AppropriationsCapitol Building S-128Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Tom ColeChairHouse Committee on AppropriationsCapitol ...
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IIJA Implementation Resources
As Governors lead on implementing the historic bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the National Governors Association will be continuing to provide timely and actionable resources, create opportunities for Governors and their staff to convene and collaborate, and maintain relationships with critical federal, state, local, and private sector stakeholders.
Principles for National Infrastructure Investment
Infrastructure is the foundation states are built upon. It impacts everything from economic development and global competitiveness, to our quality of life, safety, environment and resiliency. Governors have taken action to enhance infrastructure, including creating new and increasing existing funding streams, advancing public private partnerships, addressing regulatory delays, improving transparency and promoting innovation.
Meet the Team
- Thomas Curtin, Program Director
- Richard Lukas, Legislative Director
- Glenn Grimshaw, Senior Policy Analyst
- Alexis Howard, Legislative Associate
- Henry Ashley, Policy Coordinator
- Alex Sherwood, Policy Coordinator
Initiatives
Infrastructure: Foundation For Success was the 2019-2020 Chair’s Initiative of Gov. Larry Hogan.
Infrastructure Library
SELF DRIVE Act
The Honorable Greg Walden Chairman Energy and Commerce Committee United States House of Representatives 2185 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Frank Pallone Ranking Member Energy and Commerce ...
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 Best Practices (NGA Center) is working on an initiative on ...
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 annual Governors’ Energy Advisors’ Policy Institute on June 20 – ...
NGA CEO: Bipartisan Agreement Among Governors on Infrastructure
NGA CEO Scott Pattison said governors will need lots of tools in the toolbox, in the form of public-private partnerships, municipal bonds and federal funding, to repair and maintain 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 typically regulate energy and water separately, they can miss opportunities ...
Oregon Retreat on Prioritizing and Valuing Local Energy Resilience
May 5, 2017 | Newport, OR Oregon, in partnership with the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center), is working on a year-and-a-half long initiative to identify and ...
In Tight Fiscal Environment, States Focus on Infrastructure Financing
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA), in conjunction with 10 other state and local groups, has issued State and Local Fiscal Facts: 2017, a brief outlining the fiscal condition of state and ...
Experts Roundtable on State Resiliency Assessment and Planning
January 25-26, 2017 | Washington, DC The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted an experts roundtable to discuss key issues in state resiliency efforts and help ...
Initiative for Resiliency in Energy through Vehicles Policy Workshop
January 10, 2017 | Denver, CO The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) held a workshop to convene state energy and emergency management policy officials with alternative ...
State Technology & Policy Questions Around Highly Autonomous Vehicles
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted a webinar to explore the technology and policy developments surrounding highly autonomous vehicles (HAVs). As the development of self-driving ...
States Strengthen Energy Infrastructure
WASHINGTON—Governors are often on the front lines of responding to natural or human-made disasters, and they also play an integral role in emergency preparedness. That includes ensuring energy supply and ...
The Potential Role for Microgrids During Electric Power Outages Webinar
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted a webinar on microgrids for critical asset resiliency. This webinar featured state peers discussing successful programs that have deployed ...
