From May 19-21, 2026, the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices convened the Skills in the States Annual Convening at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. Governors’ workforce and education ... Read More
The Governors Homeland Security Advisors Council (GHSAC) executive committee met May 19-20, in Washington, D.C., with key members of the federal executive and legislative branches to advance discussions on a number ... Read More
From May 5 through May 7, the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices convened the NGA Workforce Pell Implementation Lab at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Governors’ workforce and ... Read More
The National Governors Association (NGA) recently convened states for the final meeting of its SNAP Employment and Training Policy Academy, bringing together state administrators, workforce leaders, and ... Read More
The National Governors Association’s Health and Homeland Security & Cybersecurity teams, in partnership with Johns Hopkins’ Center for Outbreak Response and Innovation (CORI), held a 3-day convening on Guam April ... Read More
On April 21–22, the National Governors Association convened public and private sector leaders in Alexandria, Virginia for its fifth annual Broadband Leaders Workshop. Over the two days, broadband officials from 34 states ... Read More
First Lady Moore Hosts Third Annual First Spouses Retreat NGA’s Governor Office Engagement team holds multiple meetings and events each year designed to support Governors’ offices and their staff members. The meetings ... Read More
The National Governors Association brought together five Governors, energy leaders, and private-sector voices to Philadelphia on April 16, for a convening on NGA Chair Governor Kevin Stitt’s “Reigniting the American ... Read More
On April 8–9, NGA convened participating states and territories in Charleston, South Carolina for a kickoff convening in support of the Policy Academy to Advance Data Dashboards Measuring Student and System Success. The ... Read More
The Governors Homeland Security Advisors Council (GHSAC) met April 8-9, 2026, in Nashville. The GHSAC regularly brings together Governors’ homeland security advisors from states, commonwealths, territories and the District ... Read More
Governors’ workforce policy advisors, state workforce agency leaders, and Governors’ workforce board chairs from 39 states and territories convened in Washington, D.C., March 11–12 for the NGA Center for Best ... Read More
First Spouses and state policy teams from across the country convened in Asheville, North Carolina on March 9–10 for NGA’s Youth Mental Health Action Lab, marking the kickoff of NGA’s 2026 Youth Mental Health ... Read More