Governors
Governors' and spouses' biographies, searchable database and contact information.
NGA Center for Best Practices
The NGA Center develops innovative solutions to today’s most pressing public policy challenges.
Government Relations
The Office of Government Relations' mission is to ensure governors’ views are represented in the shaping of federal policy.
News
States Plan Data-Driven Criminal Justice Reform
Three states have been selected to participate in the first phase of the National Criminal Justice Reform Project, a joint project with the National Criminal Justice Association.
States Modernize Electric Power Sector
Four states will participate in a new effort from NGA to modernize the electric power sector, including grid modernization, resiliency and environmental stewardship.
Gov. McAuliffe Holds Small Business Cyber Roundtable
For the fourth roundtable related to his chair’s initiative, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe met with small business owners for a discussion on how to improve their cybersecurity posture.
Features
2017 Governors' State of the State Addresses Information
Confirmed dates and hyperlinks for governors' State of the State addresses. NGA will continue to update this page as more information is made public.
2016-2017 NGA Chair Gov. Terry McAuliffe's Initiative
Meet the Threat: States Confront the Cyber Challenge
Publications
Promoting Place-Based Strategies to Address Poverty: Exploring the Governor’s Role
A new paper from the National Governors Association addresses the potential for place-based strategies—strategies which include any effort to enhance the livability and quality of life in a given community—to address the needs of impoverished communities and identifies actions governors can take to foster these strategies.
Building a High-Performing State Workforce Board
A new report from the National Governors Association outlines key strategies governors can focus on to align state education and workforce programs to the needs of business, and connect individuals to jobs.
Promising Practices in Boosting School Leadership Capacity: Principal Academies
A new paper from the National Governors Association explores principal academies—a tool that governors can add to their policy toolkit to augment preparation and training for aspiring and sitting public school principals.
Events
2017 State of the States Address
On January 25, 2017, at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., NGA Chair Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Vice Chair Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval discussed governors’ collective priorities to a new Administration and Congress.
