Help the Next Generation Understand —
How Their Government Really Works.
Every day, thousands of public meetings shape the future of our schools, neighborhoods, communities, and country. Most people never see those conversations. Not because they're hidden. Because they're buried in hours of footage and thousands of documents. Citizen Portal makes the public record easy to discover, understand, and share — so educators, historians, and community leaders can connect people to the civic conversations that shape their lives.
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A Living Record of American Civic Life
Explore the decisions, debates, and public conversations shaping communities across America.
Move Beyond Headlines
The most important civic conversations often never make the news. They happen in school board meetings, city council sessions, county commissions, state hearings, and federal proceedings. Citizen Portal makes those conversations accessible, searchable, and understandable.
Follow the Topics That Shape Society
Track conversations about the issues that shape civic life.
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Get notified when those topics appear in meetings anywhere you follow. Know what's changing before it affects your residents, stakeholders, customers, or organization.
Turn Public Records Into Meaningful Learning
Explore Primary Sources
Access meeting transcripts, videos, agendas, and public records directly from government sources.
Connect History to Current Events
Understand how today's decisions become tomorrow's history.
Teach Civic Engagement Through Real Examples
Help students and community members see government in action — real decisions, real debates, real budgets, real issues.
Save Hours of Research
Find people, topics, votes, and discussions in seconds.
Built Directly From Government Sources
Every summary, article, alert, and insight is connected to original public records.
Every claim can be traced back to the source. Every source can be reviewed independently. No spin. No partisan lens. No hidden agenda. Just the public record.
Business plans
For teams tracking government across a region.
- Up to 25 jurisdictions*
- Full access for your team
- Licensed for commercial and client work
For firms covering multiple markets or clients.
Everything in Business, plus:
- Up to 100 jurisdictions*
- Priority coverage requests
*A jurisdiction is each government body Citizen Portal covers, like a city council, county commission, or school board.
Find the right fit
Government & Public Agencies
Know what neighboring agencies are deciding.
Law & Public Affairs
Get the transcript without sitting through the meeting.
Architecture, Engineering & Construction
Know about the RFP before it's public.
Business & Real Estate
Hear about zoning and permits the day they come up.
Newsrooms & Publishers
Verify a government quote in seconds.
Advocacy & Policy
Track your issue across every jurisdiction.
Why Educators & Cultural Stewards Are Joining
Teachers, historians, librarians, and researchers use Citizen Portal to go straight to the conversations shaping their communities.
The public record should actually be public, and easy to discover, understand, and share.
When people can see how decisions get made, they're better prepared to take part in them.
Teaching a class, leading a program, or running an institution?
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