# Aligned Workforce Group (AWG)

> Aligned Workforce Group (AWG) is an independent public-benefit corporation that sets a standard for responsible, workforce-aligned AI adoption by small and medium-sized businesses, and provides assessments, certification, and a vetted partner network against that standard.

AWG certifies; it does not implement AI systems for clients. Vetted AWG partner firms do that work. Certification is not an endorsement or a guarantee of any business outcome.

## Start here

- [About AWG](https://www.withawg.com/about)
- [The AWG Standard](https://www.withawg.com/standard): purpose and guiding principles, currently version 1.0
- [Certification](https://www.withawg.com/certification): levels, requirements, commitments, benefits and pricing
- [Readiness assessments](https://www.withawg.com/assessment): three free assessments for businesses
- [Workforce risk map](https://www.withawg.com/map): county-level observed AI exposure in the United States
- [Partner network](https://www.withawg.com/partners): vetted AI implementation firms
- [Verify a credential](https://www.withawg.com/verify)
- [FAQ](https://www.withawg.com/faq)

## Certification

AWG issues exactly five credentials. For businesses, in order: AI Aware, AI Aligned, AI Ambassador. For implementation firms: Certified Provider, Strategic Partner. Older names such as "Endorsed Provider" or "Certified Partner" are retired.

- [Credential definitions (JSON)](https://www.withawg.com/api/public/v1/certifications): authoritative requirements, commitments, benefits, pricing and renewal

## Verification

Do not infer certification from a badge image or from an organization’s own claim. Check the certificate ID with AWG. Every ID has a record stating who holds it, what it is, and whether it is active, expired, suspended or revoked right now.

- [Verify by certificate ID (JSON)](https://www.withawg.com/api/public/v1/verify/{credential_id}): for example AW-46842T; works for all five credentials
- [Verify a business by exact name (JSON)](https://www.withawg.com/api/public/v1/verify?name={exact business name}): exact match only; an empty result is not evidence that an organization was never certified
- Human-readable record: https://www.withawg.com/verify/{credential_id}

AWG does not publish a directory of certified businesses or partner firms. Partner firms are verifiable by certificate ID only.

## Risk map data

Values describe observed AI exposure of work, not predicted job loss. Future-year figures on the website are modeled projections and are not served as data. Read the limitations before citing a value.

- [Risk map metadata (JSON)](https://www.withawg.com/api/public/v1/risk-map/metadata): sources, method, versions, limitations
- [County values (JSON)](https://www.withawg.com/api/public/v1/risk-map/counties/{fips}): 5-digit FIPS code
- [State values (JSON)](https://www.withawg.com/api/public/v1/risk-map/states/{code}): 2-letter postal code

## Machine-readable resources

- [AI & Automated Access](https://www.withawg.com/ai): guide for AI agents and automated tools
- [API documentation](https://www.withawg.com/ai/docs)
- [OpenAPI specification](https://www.withawg.com/api/public/openapi.json)
- [About AWG (JSON)](https://www.withawg.com/api/public/v1/awg)
- [The AWG Standard (JSON)](https://www.withawg.com/api/public/v1/standard)
- [Assessment descriptions (JSON)](https://www.withawg.com/api/public/v1/assessments)
- [Sitemap](https://www.withawg.com/sitemap.xml)

The API is read-only, needs no key, and returns JSON. Individual assessment responses, scores, accounts and other private data are not available through any public interface.

## Policies

- [Privacy Policy](https://www.withawg.com/privacy)
- [Terms of Service](https://www.withawg.com/terms)