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NGA Center for Best Practices teams develop innovative solutions to today’s most pressing public policy challenges. The NGA Center is the only research and development firm that directly serves the nation’s Governors.
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Governors Bring What Works to DC
If you Google “February Vacation Destinations” Washington, D.C., probably doesn’t even crack the top 200. But that’s ok. Because when Governors came to the nation’s capital last week for the ...
First Spouses Meet with Agriculture Secretary, Convene at 2025 NGA Winter Meeting
First Spouses routinely convene at the annual NGA Winter Meeting to hold meetings with philanthropic and government leaders and elevate the initiatives they are leading in their states and territories ...
Council of Governors Holds 30th Plenary Meeting
The bipartisan Council of Governors (COG) was established by Section 1822 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 and implemented by Presidential Executive Order 13528 in 2010. It includes ...
Let’s Get Ready
All Americans should have access to education that prepares them for success in life. As the world changes and technology evolves, ensuring all students graduate with the skills and knowledge necessary for success is increasingly critical for our nation’s economic competitiveness.
As Governors, we lead states facing economic opportunities but also challenges, shortages in workforce, skills mismatch, and widening opportunity gaps that limit true economic mobility for Americans. We must take these indicators as a call to action.
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Governors Bring What Works to DC
If you Google “February Vacation Destinations” Washington, D.C., probably doesn’t even crack the top 200. But that’s ok. Because when ...
First Spouses Meet with Agriculture Secretary, Convene at 2025 NGA Winter Meeting
First Spouses routinely convene at the annual NGA Winter Meeting to hold meetings with philanthropic and government leaders and elevate ...
Council of Governors Holds 30th Plenary Meeting
The bipartisan Council of Governors (COG) was established by Section 1822 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 and ...
State of the State – 2025
Governors of America's Commonwealths, States and Territories are outlining their priorities for 2025. To showcase their leadership and priorities for ...
Empowering Progress: Harnessing Skills-Based Strategies to Drive Public Sector Excellence
The public sector plays a key role in advancing skills-based strategies, driven by gubernatorial leadership. Whether in the early stages ...
Addressing The Link Between Trauma And Addiction
Given the variety of influential factors and the significant plasticity of the brain and behavior during child development, there are ...
Using Plain Language for Effective Health Communication
Governors are focused on improving the health and well-being of their constituents, and health communication is a tool that can ...
Advanced Grid Technologies: Governor Leadership to Spur Innovation and Adoption
This paper is part of a series published by the National Governors Association (NGA) to identify actions Governors can take ...
Educating All Americans for Success
Last July, at the NGA Summer Meeting in Salt Lake City, Colorado Governor Jared Polis was elected Chair of the ...
Hard at Work(force) Development
The NGA Center’s Workforce Development team had a busy fall with new publications on Actualizing the Promise of Youth Apprenticeship, ...
Best Practices in School Operations at the Governors Education Policy Advisors Institute
Early on at the 2024 Governors Education Policy Advisors (GEPA) Institute a Governor’s advisor pointed out that when it comes ...
Governors Work Together on Bipartisan Education Solutions
Governors aren’t focused on whether ideas are red or blue; we’re focused on finding policy solutions that work. Colorado Governor ...
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