The regional, national, and global policy issues we are confronting are growing increasingly
daunting, while institutional capacities for taking effective action are lagging. We need to
better support citizens and governments in producing innovative, timely, and legitimate
decisions. The emergence of online communities oriented toward the creation of useful
products suggests that it may be possible to design socially mediating technology that
support public-government collaborations. This is an opportunity for HCI and CSCW …