NGA ISSUE LIBRARY
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.

National Recovery Month – 2022
National Recovery Month, which started in 1989, is a national observance held every September to promote and support new evidence-based ...
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State Postsecondary Education’s Role in Digital Equity Planning
The Digital Equity Act will deploy $2.75 billion in grants to states. Over five years, states will apply for and ...
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State Learning Lab on Energy and Critical Infrastructure Resilience
Governors' staff and state leaders across the country collaborate and recognize the importance of resilient energy and critical infrastructure, while ...
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Opportunities For Cybersecurity Investment In The Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act
In an increasingly modernized and interconnected world, the cybersecurity risk continues to grow, and our nation’s infrastructure is not impervious ...
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State Efforts to Address ACEs and Trauma and Build Resilience
States are working to prevent and mitigate ACEs and trauma, and have an opportunity to advance trauma-informed care with the ...
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Governors Meet with Dolly Parton at the NGA Summer Meeting
Governors met with Dolly Parton for a discussion about early child literacy efforts, including Parton’s Imagination Library program that mails ...
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Governor Murphy Introduces Chair’s Initiative: Strengthening Youth Mental Health Care
At the closing session of NGA’s Summer Meeting 2022, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy accepted the NGA Chair’s gavel from ...
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Governors Focus on the Recovery of Travel and Tourism at the NGA Summer Meeting
A look at the discussion Governors had with travel and tourism industry leaders regarding the industry’s impact on economic activity ...
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K-12 Computer Science Education – NGA 2022 Summer Meeting
Outgoing NGA Chairman Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson opened the NGA Summer Meeting with an overview of his 2021-2022 Chairman’s Initiative to ...
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State of the State: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Priorities
Governors’ 2022 State of the State speeches highlighted various efforts to address a myriad of criminal justice and public safety ...
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2022 National Summit on State Cybersecurity
On June 22 - 24, 2022 NGA hosted Governors and their advisors, chief information officers, chief information security officers, National ...
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Governors Implement: Broadband, Workforce Innovation and Digital Equity
How Governors are Advancing Workforce Innovation, Broadband Access and Digital Skills in America’s Workforce. By Rachael Stephens and Katherine Ash ...
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