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.

Letter from National Governors Association on Defense Authorization Priorities

Letter from NGA leadership (Governor Bullock and Governor Hogan) to the armed services committees requesting Congress include governors’ top priorities ...

Governors Unite for Bipartisan Infrastructure Advocacy

National Governors Association Outlines Four Principles to Guide State-Federal Partnership on Infrastructure Underscoring the importance of the state-federal partnership to ...

Principles for National Infrastructure Investment

DOWNLOAD: NGA Infrastructure Principles Infrastructure is the foundation states are built upon. It impacts everything from economic development and global ...

Leveraging Data to Unleash Innovation & Curb the Opioid Epidemic

In the complex fight against the opioid overdose epidemic, states can use data to identify critical needs, direct resources and ...

Emerging Trends in the Evolving Opioid Epidemic

While the opioid overdose epidemic justifiably dominates national and state-level headlines, a significant issue is re-emerging for governors and policymakers ...

Opioid Reference Guide for New Administrations

Developed by the NGA Center through a survey and extensive consultation with senior state officials and other national experts, our ...

NGA Opioid Summit for New Administrations

NGA hosted the Opioid Summit for New Administration in Washington, D.C. Public health and public safety officials from 33 states ...

West Regional Transportation Electrification Workshop |

The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the West Regional Transportation Electrification Workshop in Seattle, WA ...

NGA to Assist 13 States in Strengthening Policies Against Impaired Driving

Columbus, Ohio, Summit Kicks Off Technical Assistance to States To address the grim and growing toll of impaired driving, the ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf to Address Opioid Summit for New Gubernatorial Administrations

NGA Session to Highlight Successes and Lessons Learned from Pennsylvania to Inform Other States’ Opioid Response Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf ...

Global Energy Solutions Summit

NGA Solutions and NGA Global, in collaboration with the Embassies of Denmark, Canada and Australia, hosted this summit to help ...

2019 Joint Association Letter on Defense Authorization Priorities

Letter from NGA and several military associations to armed services committees requesting inclusion of top priorities in the fiscal year ...