NGA Center for Best Practices
The NGA Center for Best Practices teams and divisions develop innovative solutions to today’s most pressing public policy challenges. The center is the only research and development firm that directly serves the nation’s Governors.
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West Virginia – Innovative Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Case Study
The below case study was developed through a NGA partnership with Oregon State University’s Center for the Outdoor Recreation Economy to research and assess the Travel, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation ...
How Colorado is Transforming its Workforce through Skills-Based Practices
Colorado is at the forefront of a movement to transform state workforces. (View/Download) Since 2019, the State of Colorado has been experimenting with skills-based practices as a means to build ...
Aligning the Workforce System and Economic Growth: Best Practices from State WIOA Planning
This publication highlights elements of Governors’ 2024-2027 WIOA State Plans that meet USDOL goals, as well as those that integrate IIJA, CHIPS, and IRA funding and programs into the activities ...
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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How Colorado is Transforming its Workforce through Skills-Based Practices
Colorado is at the forefront of a movement to transform state workforces. (View/Download) Since 2019, the State of Colorado has ...
Aligning the Workforce System and Economic Growth: Best Practices from State WIOA Planning
This publication highlights elements of Governors’ 2024-2027 WIOA State Plans that meet USDOL goals, as well as those that integrate ...
Ensuring Clarity and Transparency in Radioactive Waste Definitions
The purpose of this document is to help states impacted by cleanup at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons ...
Nation’s Governors Implement Policies to Support Veterans
As the country celebrates Veterans Day, the nation’s Governors will mark the occasion by issuing proclamations and holding ceremonies to ...
NGA Holds Biannual Workforce Development Policy Institute in Mystic, Connecticut
With Governors focused on aligning workforce and economic development activities across states, NGA’s biannual Workforce Development Policy Institute brought together ...
Federal, State and Local Coordination is Essential to Cybersecurity
Enhancing cybersecurity comes down to three keys: public, people, and partnerships. That’s the message White House National Cyber Director Harry ...
Service-to-Career Pathways Policy Academy and Community of Practice
In partnership with the Schultz Family Foundation and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the National Governors Association Center for Best ...
Do Your Part: State Leadership to Support Military Families
The National Governors Association (NGA) has partnered with the military and veteran family support organization Blue Star Families to launch ...
Workforce Strategies for New Industrial Policies: Governors’ Emerging Solutions
This brief is part of a larger research effort that dissects Governors’ workforce development leadership in their states. In this ...
Innovative Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Awards
This report is about the travel, tourism and outdoor recreation (TTOR) grants made by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic ...
Actualizing the Promise of Youth Apprenticeship: Lessons Learned from NGA’s Policy Academy to Advance Youth Apprenticeship
This publication highlights key themes from the Policy Academy, recounts Governor-led policy change on youth apprenticeship, and covers what the ...
2024 Governors’ Legal Counsel Convening
The 2024 Governors’ Legal Counsel Convening was held on September 26-27 in Burlington, Vermont. Hosted by the National Governors Association, the event ...
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