WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced Dr. R. Kirk Jonas as the new director of its Center for Best Practices. “I am thrilled to have Kirk join our team as director of NGA’s Center for Best ...
WASHINGTON—The Cancer Moonshot initiative, led by Vice President of the United States Joe Biden, aims to make a decade worth of progress in understanding, preventing, diagnosing and treating cancer and caring for patients ...
National Governors Association (NGA) Chair Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s first regional cybersecurity summit took place in Boston, Massachusetts, Oct. 5-7. The summit was part of Gov. McAuliffe’s chair’s ...
The National Governors Association (NGA) and its partner, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), today announced that five states—Colorado, Georgia, Minnesota, New Jersey and Oregon—were selected to ...
BOSTON—National Governors Association (NGA) Chair Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe today delivered a keynote address as part of the first regional summit for his chair’s initiative, Meet The Threat: States Confront the ...
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has announced that the state received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a five-year Medicaid demonstration (often referred to as “waiver”) that will implement ...
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association today released the following statement on Congress’ budget resolution, which includes funding to combat the Zika virus: “The nation’s governors appreciate the Senate and ...
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association today released the following statement on Congress’ authorization of the SelectUSA program: “As CEOs of our states, business development—particularly attracting foreign ...
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 ...