Businesses – and the people who start them and work for them – create jobs and compete in the global marketplace. Accordingly, a state’s success depends largely on the smart people and new discoveries keeping its industries globally competitive. Any state serious about competitiveness has to be serious about policies and investments that foster smart people, smart ideas and the right environment to promote innovation. This means investing in research and development (R&D) funds, supporting the educational institutes that produce both cutting-edge research and a skilled workforce and investing in commercializing the new discoveries and technologies that lead to new products and new companies.
Letter to Congress regarding urgency of passing Farm Bill
Letter from the National Governors Association, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture and National Conference of State Legislatures to congressional leadership regarding the urgency of passing a new Farm Bill ...
National Governors Association and State International Development Organizations Announce Partnership to Strengthen Global Trade
The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced a partnership with the State International Development Organizations (SIDO) to strengthen collaboration between governors and state international trade agencies, with the ultimate goal ...
Yahoo Op-Ed: America’s Governors are Taking the Lead in Bringing Jobs to Their States
This is an opinion piece by Scott Pattison, CEO and executive director of the National Governors Association. He appeared at Yahoo Finance’s All Markets Summit. This piece originally appeared on Yahoo. ...
Innovation, International Cooperation and the Future of Work Take Center Stage at the 2018 NGA Summer Meeting
WASHINGTON—Last week, 21 governors, their staff, policy experts, international leaders and business executives met in Santa Fe, N.M., for the 2018 NGA Summer Meeting. These thought leaders met for three ...
NGA 2018 Summer Meeting
Session videos from the National Governors Association Summer Meeting 2018 which took place July 20 & 21 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. View Full Playlist ...
The National Governors Association Joins 10 Governors at SelectUSA
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) joined 10 governors at the SelectUSA Summit in Washington. SelectUSA is an annual event hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce encouraging foreign direct investment ...
Governors Support Agriculture Economy
The National Governors Association (NGA) released the following statement on the Senate’s passage of a farm bill: "The nation’s governors support America’s producers who are the backbone of our communities, ...
Clean Energy & Economic Development
Governors from across the country are looking at ways they can help foster a clean energy sector in their state economies. They see an opportunity to spur economic growth, make ...
Innovation & Economic Growth
Governors face the economic challenge of competing in a global economy in the midst of a national recession and state budgetary crisis. The key to surmounting this challenge is smart ...
