We think transparency should mean something.
Aware's mission is simple to state and hard to deliver: build tools that government, businesses, and everyday residents can all use to make local news and government decisions easy to find and easy to understand.
Government is more transparent than ever. That's not the same as being understood.
Most towns now post their meetings, agendas, and budgets online — a real improvement over a decade ago. But posting is not the same as informing. A three-hour city council video and a two-hundred-page budget PDF are technically public; they are not, in any practical sense, accessible to a parent checking on a school redistricting vote between dinner and bedtime.
The decisions made in those meetings — a zoning change, a tax increase, a rezoned school district — land on residents whether or not they watched. Most people find out the hard way: after a vote, not before it. That gap between transparency and awareness is where Aware works.
Built by someone who sat in the room.
Aware's founder served on a local Board of Education and a community Special Improvement District — the rooms where these decisions actually get made. The lesson from both was the same one, repeated meeting after meeting: the residents most affected by a decision were almost always the last to hear about it, if they heard about it at all. Not because anyone hid anything — because nobody has three hours for a school board meeting on a Tuesday night. Aware exists to close that gap, not by asking people to pay more attention, but by making the information meet them where they already are.
"Government transparency exists. Awareness doesn't."
— the idea Aware was built to fix
Four principles behind every product we build.
No spin
We report what was said and what was decided — never how anyone should feel about it. No opinions, no agenda, just the record, made readable.
Built for everyone
Mobile-first and plain-language by default, because the whole point breaks if only people with an hour to spare can use it.
Proof, not claims
Every summary traces back to an official transcript or filing. If we say it happened, you can see exactly where.
Local to global
The same engine that explains one town's council meeting powers research across thousands of communities in five countries.
Government, businesses, and the residents in between.
Residents & Communities
Aware Insights and Sundays turn hours of local meetings into minutes of plain-English reading — free every Sunday, deeper on demand.
Government & Public Agencies
Aware Lens makes every meeting ADA-compliant automatically and gives staff a research tool spanning thousands of peer communities.
Businesses & Candidates
CampaignTrack keeps campaigns compliant with election finance law and connected to how similar issues have played out elsewhere.