President Obama proclaimed September 18-24, 2016, as Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week. As part of the Administration’s efforts to combat the crisis, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch issued a ...
WASHINGTON —The National Governors Association has announced Aaliyah Samuel as interim director of the NGA Center for Best Practices Education Division. Samuel most recently served as a program director within the ...
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices’ (NGA Center) Homeland Security and Public Safety Program Director Alisha Powell recently recorded an episode for the Homeland Security Advisors Series, a podcast ...
NGA CEO Scott Pattison wrote an op-ed on governors’ desire for Congress to reach a swift deal on Zika funding, which was published September 12, 2016, in The Hill. Governors to Congress: don’t delay on zika funding By ...
On Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, the National Governors Association, in partnership with the National Academy of Public Administration and American University’s School of Public Affairs, participated in the event ...
The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced that seven states, Alabama, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, will participate in an NGA learning lab to help combat the opioid ...
Each quarter, the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices Environment, Energy and Transportation Division pens “Governor’s Corner,” a column in Public Utilities Fortnightly. In the latest ...
WASHINGTON—Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe hosted an education and workforce cyber event last week as part of a series of roundtables highlighting his National Governors Association (NGA) chair’s initiative, Meet the ...
WASHINGTON —The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced Tiffany Shackelford as chief strategic officer and director of communications and strategic planning. With more than 20 years of leadership ...
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association today released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed “supplement, not supplant” rule under the Every Student Succeeds Act: “The Every ...
WASHINGTON—Though cigarette smoking among high schoolers and adults continues to decline, tobacco use remains the leading cause of premature death in the United States, costing more than $170 billion each year, according ...
On Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, a group of public health experts gathered for an update on how all levels of government (states, local, federal) are combating the Zika virus. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute ...