WGA shares policy recommendations with Senate regarding healthcare workforc...
Published on February 17, 2023
In response to a Senate hearing on healthcare workforce shortages, the Western Governors’ Association provided recommendations to help grow the workforce and expand acce...
WGA shares policy recommendations with Senate regarding healthcare workforc...
Published on February 17, 2023
Western Governors applaud CISA’s efforts to protect critical infrastructu...
Published on December 13, 2022
In a letter to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Western Governors expressed appreciation for the department’s efforts to protect the cybersecurity o...
Western Governors applaud CISA’s efforts to protect critical infrastructu...
Published on December 13, 2022
Read highlights, see photos from the 2022 Winter Meeting in Phoenix
Published on December 08, 2022
With the holidays right around the corner, WGA Executive Director Jim Ogsbury opened the 2022 Winter Meeting of the Western Governors’ Association at the iconic Arizona ...
Read highlights, see photos from the 2022 Winter Meeting in Phoenix
Published on December 08, 2022
WGA provides FEMA with recommendations to improve disaster preparedness and...
Published on September 22, 2022
In response to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) 2022 update of the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program and Policy Guide, the Western Governors’ As...
WGA provides FEMA with recommendations to improve disaster preparedness and...
Published on September 22, 2022
Highlights from the 2022 Annual Meeting
Published on July 28, 2022
Whether it was wildfire mitigation and restoration, mental and behavioral health care, or cybersecurity and the supply chain, bipartisanship and a willingness to work acr...
Western Governors urge Congress to permanently expand telehealth services
Published on June 30, 2022
In a letter to Congress, Western Governors urged lawmakers to expand telehealth services by establishing permanent regulatory and statutory changes based on temporary waivers ...
Western Governors urge Congress to permanently expand telehealth services
Published on June 30, 2022
Western Governors urge HHS to establish permanent telehealth services
Published on June 30, 2022
In a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Western Governors highlighted what western states have been doing to advance mutual health care priorities, es...
Western Governors urge HHS to establish permanent telehealth services
Published on June 30, 2022
WGA shares Governors’ perspectives on advancing privacy-enhancing technol...
Published on June 23, 2022
In response to a Request for Information from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the Western Governors’ Association submitted several policy...
WGA shares Governors’ perspectives on advancing privacy-enhancing technol...
Published on June 23, 2022
WGA provides information to Department of Health and Human Services regardi...
Published on May 19, 2022
On May 19, 2022, in correspondence with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Western Governors’ Association Executive Director Jim Ogsbury, highlighted ...
WGA provides information to Department of Health and Human Services regardi...
Published on May 19, 2022
Western Governors express support to the Senate for components of the FEMA ...
Published on May 16, 2022
Western Governors expressed support to the Senate for certain components of the FEMA Improvement Reform and Efficiency Act of 2021 (FIRE Act), which would equip the Federal Em...
Western Governors express support to the Senate for components of the FEMA ...
Published on May 16, 2022
WGA provides House with recommendations for disaster preparedness and respo...
Published on April 05, 2022
In correspondence with the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, the Weste...
WGA provides House with recommendations for disaster preparedness and respo...
Published on April 05, 2022
WGA provides Senate Ag Committee recommendations for improving health care ...
Published on March 23, 2022
Western Governors highlighted health care challenges facing the rural West and strategies to effectively address these issues in testimony submitted to the Senate Committee on...
WGA provides Senate Ag Committee recommendations for improving health care ...
Published on March 23, 2022
WGA calls on National Institute of Standards and Technology to better prote...
Published on March 03, 2022
As the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) looks to improve its cybersecurity resources, the Western Governors’ Association urged the agency to prepare...
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