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.
NGA Selects 5 States to Address Managed Care as a Tool to Drive Health System Change
The National Governors Association (NGA) competitively selected five states — Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Wisconsin — to ...
Governors Taking Action by Leading by Example
Governors have the unique ability to reduce energy consumption in state-owned facilities through aggressive lead-by-example (LBE) targets. Energy use at ...
Eighteenth Annual Intergovernmental Meeting with the U.S. Department of Energy on Nuclear Weapons Waste Cleanup
Nashville, TN | November 19-21, 2019 The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the 18th annual ...
New Advisor Bootcamp and Annual Water Policy Institute
The 2019 Water Policy Institute featured innovative policies and approaches along with cross-cutting issues such as health challenges with PFAs ...
Webinar: Ebola and Beyond: Legal Preparedness for Outbreaks
Download the webinar here. Description: NGA is excited to announce the launch of a webinar series on Legal Preparedness for ...
National Governors Association to Work With 5 States on Improving Business Regulations
Alaska, Colorado, Delaware, Rhode Island and Tennessee Approaching Business Regulatory Processes as an Economic Development Driver The National Governors Association ...
Integrating and Advancing State Prenatal to 3 Policies
November 13-15, 2019 | Charleston, SC The NGA Early Care and Education and Human Services Teams hosted six states as ...
REFORMING CHILD WELFARE THROUGH A THREE-BRANCH APPROACH
This Three-Branch Toolkit helps state leaders communicate effectively among branches, understand and respect the complementary roles of each branch, effectively ...
VIRTUAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
States have a unique role in public health emergency management. They develop policies and authorities that govern strategy and activities ...
RURAL PROSPERITY THROUGH THE ARTS & CREATIVE SECTOR
Rural America has a robust cultural history that has enriched the nation and its people. Rural America is also beset ...
Coalition Letter on Repealing the $7.6 billion FAST Act Rescission of Highway Contract Authority
November 14, 2019 The Honorable Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, United States SenateThe Honorable Charles E. Schumer, Democratic Leader, United States ...
NGA Selects 6 States to Address the Health Care Workforce Needs of a Modern Delivery System
The National Governors Association (NGA) competitively selected six states -- Connecticut, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, New York and Oklahoma -- ...
