The phrase "advising states" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where guidance or recommendations are being provided to governmental entities or organizations.
Example: "The committee is focused on advising states on best practices for environmental policy."
Alternatives: "counseling governments" or "guiding authorities".
He also works as a consultant advising states and communities on how to attract retirees.
The organization has trained health workers in Louisiana and Texas, while advising states including Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Florida and Minnesota on their own abortion alternatives programs.
When he left office in 2007, he became a reform evangelist around the country, promoting his "Florida Formula" while advising states on how to adopt the same reforms.
But one of the top advisers to Mitt Romney, the party's likely presidential nominee, has spent the last two years advising states and private insurers on how to comply with the law.
For the near-term budget problems, the administration is already advising states on ways to reduce Medicaid costs and the president asked the governor to form a bipartisan group to work on further cost-reduction.
Mr. Hethmon said he would also be advising states on how to devise policing statutes similar to Arizona's so they will be fully consistent with the Supreme Court's guidance.
Before the Supreme Court issued its opinion, President Bush issued a memorandum advising state courts to follow the judgment of the International Court of Justice.
Never mind that she has repeatedly acknowledged that she offered her advice, which they had asked for — and that there is nothing wrong with a federal official advising state officials.
Officials said Washington was advising state governments, which were told last month to call out the National Guard and the state police to protect major public buildings and other potential targets, that they could reduce security patrols.
"So when the West Nile disease scare hit in Connecticut, we were able and ready to move in that direction pretty quickly," Dr. Magnarelli said, advising state and local officials on the need and best methods for mosquito control.
"There is nothing about the technology that's unusual or experimental," said Ashok Gupta, the director of the air and energy program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, who has been advising state officials on environmental issues and has seen the plan.
