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Interstate Cooperation

In the face of common problems and opportunities that span beyond their individual boundaries, states have joined together in recent years to address regional and even national issues. This cooperation comes through formal agreements, such as interstate compacts, as well as informal collaborative mechanisms. States are increasingly working together in areas such as economic development, homeland security, environmental protection, natural resources management, health care and many others.

 

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interstate cooperation: state programs
Innovations Awards
Winner - West Virginia - 2003 - Multi-State Pharmacy Benefit Management Services Program
This state partnership aggregates drug purchasing powers for a single pharmacy benefit manager to lower the unit costs for services provided, allowing states in the partnership group to enter into a relationship to increase their negotiating power when seeking prescription drug services.
Finalist - South Dakota and Nebraska - 2003 - Purple Loosestrife Management Project
A joint initiative between the two states and South Dakota’s State Prison, this program helps stop the invasive plant purple loosestrife. Prison inmates raise approximately 250,000 Galerucella beetles each year and release them into the Missouri River to help control the purple loosestrife population, which damages wetland ecosystems and habitat.

 

 

 

interstate cooperation: publications
2009
  1. NCIC Newsletter: Connections - Winter 2009
2008
  1. NCIC Newsletter: Connections - Spring 2008
  2. "Military Moves: New Compact Aims to Ease Education Challenges Faced by Military Children," State News, Feb. 2008.
2007
  1. "Liquid Gold: Compact Aims to Protect Valuable Resources of Great Lakes," State News, March 2007.
  2. "Report Praises EMAC Response," State News, Jan. 2007.
2006
  1. "A Time for Change: Child Placement Compact Ready for Update," State News, Nov./Dec. 2006
  2. “EMAC: A Success Story,” State News, April 2006.
  3. “The Interstate Compact for Juveniles,” State News, April 2006.
  4. “Waging War on Sexual Crimes,” State News, April 2006.
  5. “Regional Solutions to Homeland Security,” State News, Feb. 2006.
  6. “EMAC Responds While Demand Grows,” State News, Feb. 2006.
  7. “Plugging a Hole: New Pacts Strengthen Ban on, Regulation of Water Diversions,” Stateline Midwest, Jan. 2006.
2005
  1. Trends in America: Navigating Turbulence to Success, Dec. 2005.
  2. “States Helping States When Disaster Strikes,” State News, Oct. 2005.
  3. “Compacts Are Contracts,” State News, Aug. 2005.
  4. “Trends in America: Charting the Course Ahead,” State News, Aug. 2005.
  5. “States Eye Basin-Wide Approach to Control Aquatic Invaders,” Stateline Midwest, July 2005.
  6. Trends in America: Charting the Course Ahead, June 2005.
  7. “Public Safety Struggles: Interstate Compacts to the Rescue,” State News, May 2005.
  8. “Strength In Numbers: States Combine Purchasing Power to Reduce the Cost of Medication,” Issue Brief, Eastern Regional Conference, May 2005.
  9. “The State of Global Warming,” State News, Feb. 2005.
  10. “On the Horizon: Interstate Compacts,” State News, Feb. 2005.
2004
  1. “States’ Role in Fighting Terrorism,” State News, Oct. 2004.
  2. “Trends in Interstate Relations,” Spectrum, Fall 2004.
  3. “National Center for Interstate Compacts: A New Initiative,” Spectrum, Fall 2004.
  4. “Interstate Compacts: Obstacles and Support,” Spectrum, Fall 2004.
  5. “Homeland Security: Interstate Mutual Aid,” Spectrum, Fall 2004.
  6. “Interstate Cooperation in Homeland Security: Emergency Management Standards and Accreditation,” Spectrum, Fall 2004.
  7. “Regional Cooperation: The Border Legislative Conference,” Spectrum, Fall 2004.
  8. “Multistate Drug Purchasing Pool Set to Expand after Federal OK,” Stateline Midwest, May 2004.
  9. Energy Issue Brief: Cooperative Grid Planning—Regional State Committees, Eastern Regional Conference, Jan. 2004.
2003
  1. Interstate Compacts and Agencies, 2003.
  2. “The ABC’s of PBMs: New Models for Managing Drug Costs,” State Government News, Nov./Dec. 2003.
  3. “Interstate Cooperation,” State Government News, June/July 2003.
  4. “Joining Forces: States Work on Forming Prescription Drug Purchasing Pools to Cut Costs,” Stateline Midwest, March 2003.
  5. “Adult Offender Compact Revised,” State Government News, Feb. 2003.
  6. “New Juvenile Compact,” State Government News, Jan. 2003.
2002
  1. “Brave New World: Environmental Innovation Project Heeds States’ Call,” State Government News, Sept. 2002.
  2. “Plugging the Holes: States Play a Large Role in Border Security,” State Government News, Aug. 2002.
  3. “Adult Compact Version 2.0: An Interstate Compact Comes of Age,” State Government News, Aug. 2002.
  4. “State Solutions: Interstate Compacts Remain Powerful Tools for Cooperative States’ Actions,” State Government News, June/July 2002.
  5. “The Ties That Bind: The Midwest and Canada Are Partners in More Than Trade,” State Government News, Feb. 2002.
  6. “Access to Ideas: CSG Helps Legislators Find Out What Laws Other States Are Enacting in a Variety of Areas,” State Government News, Jan. 2002.
2000
  1. The War over Water, Southern Legislative Conference, Oct. 2000.
  2. “Great Stakes: New Initiatives Underscore the Importance of Lakes to Region,” Stateline Midwest, Aug. 2000.
  3. The Proposed Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision, Southern Legislative Conference, Feb. 2000.