Press Releases Archive

  • States Modernize Electric Power Sector

    The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced that four states— Kentucky, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington—will participate in a new effort to help modernize the electric power sector. Through the ...

  • NGA Names New Education Director

    WASHINGTON —The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced Aaliyah Samuel as director of the NGA Center for Best Practices Education Division. “I am honored to serve as director of NGA’s Education ...

  • NGA Releases Health Care Information Road Map for States

    WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) Health Division hosted an event at the National Press Club to discuss its new tool, Getting the Right Information to the Right Health ...

  • Gov. McAuliffe Holds Small Business Cyber Roundtable

    WASHINGTON—Today Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe hosted the fourth roundtable of his 2016-17 National Governors Association (NGA) chair’s initiative, Meet the Threat: States Confront the Cyber Challenge. Speaking in ...

  • 2016 Seminar for New Governors

    November 30 – December 2, 2016 | Chantilly, Virginia Eight veteran governors and six governors-elect gathered in Chantilly, Virginia, from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 for the National Governors Association (NGA) Seminar for New ...

  • Governors Comment on Education Law Accountability Rule

    WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association today released the following the U.S. Department of Education’s release of the final accountability rule under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): “Today’s final ...

  • Governors Learn to Code at Summer Meeting

    During the 2016 National Governors Association Summer Meeting in Des Moines, governors joined students at Code.org’s first-ever “Hour of Code” event, where they learned about coding from students of all ages who have ...

  • Governors Help Connect Veterans With Job Opportunities

    WASHINGTON—When veterans apply for jobs outside the military, they can often find the process inefficient and cumbersome because of licensing and certification regulations. The ultimate authority for regulating entry into ...

  • Governors Confident In Election Systems

    WASHINGTON—National Governors Association (NGA) Chair Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Vice Chair Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval released a statement today on the security of states’ election systems: “We are writing ...