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Our nation’s Governors are dedicated to leading bipartisan solutions that improve citizens’ lives. Through NGA, Governors identify priority issues and deal with matters of public policy and governance at the state, national and global levels. NGA teams work side-by-side with state leaders to identify challenges and develop solutions. View NGA products below, filterable by content type and topic.
Governors Commend Final Passage of the FY19 National Defense Authorization Act
As commanders-in-chief of their respective National Guards, governors truly understand the critical importance of the annual passage of the NDAA, which helps ...
Council Letter On Use of National Guard in Disaster Response
Council Co-Chair Letter (from Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy) to Deputy Secretary Shanahan and General Lengyel ...
FY19 Appropriations Request–National Guard Funding
Letter (from Minnesota Governor Dayton and Missouri Governor Greitens) to House and Senate Defense Appropriators requesting robust funding in Fiscal ...
Council of Governors Letter Regarding Annual Report on the Non-Federalize National Guard
General Joseph Lengyel Chief, National Guard Bureau 1636 Defense Pentagon Ste 1E169 Washington, DC 20301-0001 Dear General Lengyel: As you ...
Governors Respond to FY 18 NDAA Conference Report
WASHINGTON—Today the co-chairs of the Council of Governors, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, released a statement on the Fiscal ...
Council of Governors Ask Appropriators to Consider National Guard Efforts in Supplemental Appropriation Bills
The Honorable Patrick Leahy Vice Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriations S-128, The Capitol Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Nita Lowey ...
FY18 NDAA Conference – Military Technician Conversion
The Honorable John McCain Chairman Senate Armed Services Committee 218 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Jack ...
Co-Chair Welcome Letter to Deputy Secretary of Defense Shanahan
The Honorable Patrick Shanahan Deputy Secretary of Defense 1010 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1010 Dear Deputy Secretary Shanahan: Congratulations on ...
Council of Governors Letter to Secretary Mattis
The Honorable James Mattis Secretary U.S. Department of Defense The Pentagon Washington, D.C. Dear Secretary Mattis, As co-chairs of the ...
NGA Welcomes Council of Governors Appointments
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) welcomes the appointment and reappointment of governors to the critically important Council of Governors (Council) ...
Governors: Defense Authorization Modification Essential to Preserve National Guard
WASHINGTON—As Congress returns from recess and looks to pass the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the National Governors Association ...
Military Technicians
The Honorable John McCain Chairman Senate Armed Services Committee 218 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Jack ...
