Fresh off NGA’s 2024 Winter Meeting, the organization pulled together the latest in a series of workshops for Governors’ Infrastructure Implementation Coordinators. Marking two years since the first in-person meeting of the network, the group shared the latest on how their states are investing the generational investments afforded by the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA), CHIPS and Science Act, and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
The meeting kicked off with updates and discussion with The White House Infrastructure Implementation Team, U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding cybersecurity protection of critical infrastructure. On Tuesday morning, state and territory leaders met with Treasury officials on tax credit and direct pay programs authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act, with official guidance coming out that day. Infrastructure Coordinators had productive dialogues with leadership from the IIJA and IRA teams, including with Deputy Chief of Staff Natalie Quillian and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Tom Perez.
On Tuesday afternoon, infrastructure coordinators gathered for a workshop on building out the infrastructure capital stack, featuring leading voices in private…
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