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Citizens Make the Future

Opportunities + Challenges for the Next Decade of Governance

The next decade of civic governance needs ideas and prototypes. More importantly—to realize new opportunities for government to be more responsive, efficient, and inclusive of all citizens—the next decade needs your participation. We can build a stronger economy adapted to 21st century work, live in neighborhoods that improve our health, and prepare our communities to nimbly respond to any possibilities.

As part of the National Day of Civic Hacking, we created Citizens Make the Future, a map to help frame the national conversation around the next decade’s most significant opportunities and challenges in civic governance. The map poses five futures—better governance, more resilient communities, a stronger economy, a more creative society, and healthier neighborhoods—that also address today’s needs. It is a tool for exploring the big questions facing civic governance today and for envisioning the kind of future cities, states, and nation we want to build together.

Use the map to design and prototype governance innovation projects, or to stimulate discussion in the classroom, workplace, civic space, or home. Here are two ways to get started:

1. Start from a Publicly-Available Dataset or Hacking Challenge

Connect it to one of the questions on this map. How can you solve the problem today and also build for the future? For inspiration, see the government datasets and challenges proposed for the National Day of Civic Hacking. 

2. Pick a Question

Think about different approaches and technologies you could use to answer it. Discuss with others to find surprising connections and insights.

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Publication Date

April 2013

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