WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) and the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA), through its Center for Justice Planning, today announced a joint initiative to support system-wide criminal justice ...
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced new executive leadership for the Governors Homeland Security Advisors Council (GHSAC) for 2016-2017. The GHSAC and its eight-member executive committee ...
On behalf of the national organizations that represent state and local officials, including the National Governors Association, National Conference of State Legislatures, United States Conference of Mayors, National League ...
WASHINGTON—Governors play a crucial role in cleaning up the radioactive waste generated from America’s nuclear weapons production, an endeavor that amounts to more than $340 billion and could stretch well into 2070, ...
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced that six states—Arizona, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Virginia—will participate in a learning lab on improving the use of ...
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced that five states—Alaska, Hawaii, Illinois, Utah and West Virginia—will participate in a policy academy on emergency communications interoperability. ...
WASHINGTON—National Governors Association (NGA) Chair Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Vice Chair Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe today released the following statement in advance of the White House summit on the Zika virus ...
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) today released the following statement urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject a proposal that would preempt states’ authority to designate ...
Governing’s Louis Jacobson recently interviewed NGA executive director and CEO Scott Pattison for his piece “New Head of Governors Group Talks Future of States.” Jacobson asked Pattison about his new vision for NGA, ...
In its March 14 issue, CQ Weekly named NGA executive director and CEO Scott Pattison as one of its influencers, in the piece “Pattison: Capitals’ Face at the Capitol:” Scott Pattison’s office at the National ...
Governors gathered at the 2016 Winter Meeting to discuss how to address the nation’s opioid crisis, which claims the lives of 78 people each day. At the Health and Human Services Committee session, NGA released a joint ...
WASHINGTON—At the 2016 National Governors Association (NGA) Winter Meeting, led by Chair Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Vice Chair Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, more than 40 governors gathered to discuss critical issues of ...