National Governors Association Center for Best Practices

“The governors of the fifty states and five u.s. Territories are members of the organization.”

“An amendment of the articles of incoporation requires approval by the members.”

“The irs form 990 is prepared by the controller, reviewed by senior members of management and reviewed and signed by the executive director. The irs form 990 is then available on the organization's website, on the guidestar website and upon request. This process has been approved by the organization's finance committee which was appointed by the board of directors.”

“Employees must provide written notification to the executive director of a conflict of interest or potential conflict interest as soon as it occurs. In addition, the organization requires employees to certify that they have reviewed the conflict of interest policy on an annual basis. Officers and key employees(as defined by the irs) must annually disclose their interests that could give rise to conflicts of interest, such as a list of family members, substantial business or investment holdings, and other transactions or affiliations with businesses and other organizations or those of family members. Officers and employees found to be in violation of conflict of interest policy are subject to disciplinary action or termination. For directors of the corporation, the organization relies on each governor's compliance with state ethics laws to avoid conflicts of interest and make any required disclosures. Any member of the organization may raise a possible conflict of interest with another member and act in accordance with the articles and bylaws of the organization to take action.”

“The executive director receives a performance evaluation annually for consideration of merit pay increase effective on january 1 of each calendar year. Performance is evaluated by the current national governors association (nga) chair, current nga vice chair and the immediate past nga chair collectively. In preparation for the performance evaluation, the executive director provides a self-evaluation to the current nga chair and an external market benchmarking analysis that shows salaries for comparable positions for the other big 7 public interest groups as well as for other not-for-profit executives taken from several salary surveys. The current nga chair is responsible for convening the performance discussion, writing the performance evaluation and communicating the performance feedback to the executive director. At the conclusion of this evaluation process, the current nga chair writes a memo to the nga chief operating officer outlining the specifics of the merit pay increase and authorizing the action for purposes of payroll processing.”

“Maine, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, north carolina, north dakota, new hampshire, new jersey, new mexico, new york, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, rhode island, south carolina, tennessee, utah, washington, virginia, wisconsin”

“The organization's governing documents and financial statements are available to the public on the organization's website. The conflict of interest policy is described in the irs form 990 which is available to the public on the organization's website and on the guidstar website.”

“Common core state standards; science, technology, engineering and math (stem); -competency-based learning and charter schools; -postsecondary (higher education and career training) productivity, accountability, access, success, and affordability; and -finance, data, and accountability (including efficiency, effectiveness, and underfunded liabilities). The division also worked on policy issues related to bridging the system divides among the early childhood, k-12, postsecondary, and workforce development systems. Division staff have strong expertise and experience and are dedicated to helping governors improve their states' public education system. Specific accomplishments included: technical assistance projects focused on the following topics: -early math targeted policy project -social & intellectual habits targeted policy project -principal pipeline technical assistance -teacher & principal preparation technical assistance -postsecondary metrics on efficiency & effectiveness -pipeline interactive visualization tool (pivot) & facilitated policy discussions on how best to use the data to develop, prioritize, & support the implementation of good policy -early care and education workforce technical assistance policy academies and convening on the following topics: -comprehensive strategy project cross-state -leveraging workforce investments to improve the early care and education workforce -talent pipeline policy academy cross-state meeting -competency-based education cross-state meeting -k-12 broadband and digital learning policy academy -governors' education policy advisors institute publications: -issue brief - the untapped potential of an early childhood assessment system: a strategy for improving policies and instruction from early childhood through 3rd grade -issue brief - "promising practices in boosting school leadership capacity: principal academies"”

“Policies that recognize the in-service experience of military veterans in state process that provide professional licenses and workforce certificates. Specific accomplishments included: -spearheaded the 2014-2015 nga chair's initiative, "delivering results" -spearheaded the evidence-based policy initiative (all-state convening; learning lab for selected states; infusion of evaluation-related ta into cross-center projects) -convened an expert roundtable on integrated data systems. -delivered a variety of focused projects and technical assistance across the division's three program areas: economic development: -produced an issue brief on best practices in state economic development that surfaced from an earlier governors' economic development policy advisors institute. -supported governors' economic development policy advisors through information sharing, research and technical assistance. Human services initiatives and technical assistance: -supported governors' human services advisors with information, research, peer-sharing opportunities, and collaborating with national human services partners. -provided technical assistance to selected states receiving social innovation fund grants to develop pay-for-success projects. -conducted the 2016 policy institute for governors' human services advisors. -produced and disseminated an issue brief around two-generation state policy. -convened an expert roundtable on community-based alternatives for justice-involved youth (with hsps division). -convened a social determinants of health learning lab (with health division). -convened an expert roundtable on place-based approaches to addressing poverty. Workforce development initiatives and technical assistance: -provided technical assistance to state workforce board chairs and agency leaders to support improved functioning of state public workforce systems through the workforce development technical assistance program. -provided support and technical assistance to recipients of the u.s. Department of labor's american apprenticeship initiative grant. -conducted a policy academy with six states on scaling work-based learning opportunities for youth and young adults to enter middle-skills stem jobs. -convened three roundtables on how states are meeting new youth requirements in the workforce innovation and opportunity act (wioa). -worked collaboratively with inter-governmental organizations on state implementation of wioa. -facilitated a series of learning exchanges on state industry sector partnerships. -conducted a talent pipeline policy academy for 14 states, jointly with the education division. -ongoing technical assistance for governors' workforce policy advisors and state workforce officials, and working with federal agencies and national workforce partners. Policy academies -the alignment of education, workforce and economic development - talent pipeline (jointly with education division) -policy academy on state strategies to scale high-quality work-based learning -american apprenticeship initiative grantees ta project (including 12 states) -three branch institute on improving child safety and preventing child fatalities -accelerating veterans licensing and credentialing general meetings -policy institute for governors' human services advisors -winter and summer meetings of state workforce board chairs -winter and summer meetings of state liaisons for workforce development partnerships -two-generation state policy forum -learning lab on innovations in the use of data in policymaking -innovation summit: strategies for effective and efficient government publications -revisiting top trends in state economic development -tackling intergenerational poverty: how governors can advance coordinated services for low-income parents and children -delivering results toolkit -delivering results: core principles -delivering results: finding and building effective state leaders -delivering results: creating and refining results-oriented regulations -del”

“Specific accomplishments included: technical assistance, projects and retreats -improving quality and access to care in maternal and child health -promising immunization policies -opioid misuse and overdose project -medicaid leadership institute -advancing population health through delivery and payment reforms -social determinants learning lab: fostering cross-sector collaboration to address the health and success of children and families policy academies -aligning policies to practices technical assistance program -state innovation model initiative -state transformation retreats (with the institute of medicine) policy academies -leveraging medicaid to create statewide health care transformation -building a transformed health care workforce: moving from planning to implementation -developing state-level capacity to support medicaid super-utilizers -medicaid leadership institute convenings -experts roundtable on heroin -experts roundtable on opioid abuse and addiction in rural areas and among specific populations -experts roundtable on leveraging gubernatorial executive authorities to maximize scope of practice for the health care workforce during an influenza pandemic -experts roundtable on interoperability roadmap call to action: alleviating and removing barriers to interoperable exchange of data for health within states -experts roundtable housing as healthcare -experts roundtable on advancing population health through delivery and payment reforms -learning collaborative on improving quality and access to care in maternal and child health kickoff meeting -complex care programs policy academy kick-off meeting -medicaid leadership institute convenings (2 multi-state convenings and 6 in-state retreats) -medicaid transformation policy academy convenings -experts roundtable: medicaid managed care proposed rule -connecting medicaid and health workforce: how states can use medicaid funds to address workforce needs in rural and underserved areas -medicaid data roundtable: using state purchasing to enhance data systems performance -medicaid data roundtable: vendors' role in enhancing state data systems performance -certificate of public advantage convening publications -medicaid health care purchasing compendium -health investments that pay off: strategies to improve oral health -using data to better serve the most complex patients -social impact bonds for public health programs: an overview -2014 maternal and child health update: states are using medicaid and chip to improve health outcomes for mothers and children -state road map for leveraging gubernatorial executive authorities to maximize scope of practice for the health care workforce during an influenza pandemic -state road map for advancing sustainable improvements in population health: integrating population health into statewide system transformation”

“Environment, energy and transportation during fy 2016, the environment, energy and transportation division provided information, research, policy analysis and technical assistance to states on key issues relevant to governors and their senior staffs in the areas of policy to support examining state strategies in response to new federal power sector greenhouse gas rules, more efficient use of energy by both the public and private sectors, the challenges presented to the traditional electric utility by increasingly efficient use of energy and the generation of electricity on consumer premises, the resiliency of electrical grid, responsible extraction of oil and gas from shale formations, policies supporting increased use of alternative fuel vehicles, and the role public private partnerships might play in the provision of infrastructure and public facilities. Specific accomplishments included: technical assistance opportunities and projects -policy academy on helping states examine federal greenhouse gas rules -learning lab on new utility business models -state retreats on public private partnerships -state retreats on new utility business models -state retreats on responding to a prolonged and widespread electrical grid outage convenings -governors' energy advisors policy institute -experts roundtable on commercial property assessed clean energy (pace) -workshop on helping states examine federal power plant rules -experts roundtable on state opportunities to improve the energy-water nexus -experts roundtable on natural gas vehicles in state fleets -federal facilities task force on cleanup of nuclear weapons complex -intergovernmental meeting on nuclear weapons complex publications -cleaning up america's nuclear weapons complex: 2015 update for governors -state practices to protect drinking water resources while developing shale energy -governors' roadmap for improving the energy efficiency of multifamily buildings homelnd security and public safety during fy 2016, the homeland security and public safety division provided information, research, policy analysis, technical assistance, and grants to states on key issues relevant to governors and their senior staffs in the areas of criminal justice reform, the role of the states in cyber security, public health preparedness, homeland security, juvenile justice, prolonged failures of the electricity grid, and policies to address the problem of opioid abuse and addiction. Specific accomplishments included: technical assistance opportunities and projects -in-state workshop: prolonged and widespread electrical grid outage public safety performance project -national criminal justice reform project public health preparedness recidivism reduction project policy academies -reducing prescription drug abuse -cross-boundary sentencing and corrections information exchange policy academy -justice information sharing -policy academy on enhancing state cybersecurity -policy academy on enhancing emergency communications interoperability general convenings -governors homeland security advisors council meetings (summer 2015 and winter 2016) -institute for criminal justice policy advisors -roundtable on improving outcomes for justice-involved youth -paroling learning lab collaborative publications -improving outcomes for justice-involved youth -the cybersecurity workforce: states' needs and opportunities -enhancing the role of fusion centers in cybersecurity -finding solutions to the prescription opioid and heroin crisis: a road map for states”

“Line 1a all vendors are paid by national governors association (nga), a related organization. Therefore, national governors association center for best practices did not file a form 1096 for 2015. Form 1096 was filed by nga covering all vendors engaged by nga and nga center for best practices. Line 2a - national governors association center for best practices leases all of its employees from national governors association, a related organization. Compensation is allocated to each organization based on actual hours recorded contemporaneously on bi-weekly timesheets. All employees are included on form w-3 " transmittal of wage and tax statements" filed by national governors association.”

“Consultants, subgrants& other 1,437,553 77,733 8,855 subgrants 874,789 0 0 total 2,312,342 77,733 8,855”