[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66306-66307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27681]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Announcement of Requirements and Registration for Leading Health 
Indicators App Challenge

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of 
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 3719.

SUMMARY: October 31, 2011 marks the national release of the Healthy 
People 2020 leading health indicators (LHIs). The LHIs were developed 
to communicate high-priority health issues to the public, and actions 
that can be taken to address them. The Office of Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion, in partnership with Health 2.0 and the Office of the 
National Coordinator of Health IT, is launching an LHI App Challenge to 
encourage teams of developers and health professionals to build an 
application that addresses one or more LHI topics on a community level. 
The overall purpose of the Challenge is to provide public health 
practitioners, business, elected officials, clinicians and the public 
with applications to help achieve national priority health goals.

DATES: Effective on October 31, 2011. Important dates include the 
following:
    October 31, 2011: Announcement of the LHI App Challenge at the 
139th Annual APHA Meeting.
    March 16, 2012: Deadline for Submissions.
    April 10, 2012: Winners will be announced during the 2012 Health 
Promotion Summit in Washington, DC.

ADDRESSES: Registration opens on challenge.gov and http://
www:health2challenge.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Silje Lier, MPH, Communication and 
eHealth Service Fellow, Office of Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion, [email protected], 240-453-6113.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Subject of Challenge Competition: Leading Health Indicators App 
Challenge.
    Eligibility Rules for Participating in the Competition:

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    To be eligible to win a prize under this challenge, an individual 
or entity--
    (1) Shall have registered to participate in the competition under 
the rules promulgated by HHS;
    (2) Shall have complied with all the requirements under this 
section;
    (3) In the case of a private entity, shall be incorporated in and 
maintain a primary place of business in the United States, and in the 
case of an individual, whether participating singly or in a group, 
shall be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States; and
    (4) May not be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within 
the scope of their employment.
    (5) Shall not be an HHS employee working on their applications or 
submissions during assigned duty hours.
    (6) Shall not be in the reporting chain of Dr. Howard Koh in the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
    (7) Federal grantees may not use Federal funds to develop COMPETES 
Act challenge applications unless consistent with the purpose of their 
grant award.
    (8) Federal contractors may not use Federal funds from a contract 
to develop COMPETES Act challenge applications or to fund efforts in 
support of a COMPETES Act challenge submission.
    An individual or entity shall not be deemed ineligible because the 
individual or entity used Federal facilities or consulted with Federal 
employees during a competition if the facilities and employees are made 
available to all individuals and entities participating in the 
competition on an equitable basis.
    Challenge participants will be expected to sign a liability release 
as part of the contest registration process. The liability release will 
use the following language:

    By participating in this competition, I agree to assume any and 
all risks and waive claims against the Federal Government and its 
related entities, except in the case of willful misconduct, for any 
injury, death, damage, or loss of property, revenue, or profits, 
whether direct, indirect, or consequential, arising from my 
participation in this prize contest, whether the injury, death, 
damage, or loss arises through negligence or otherwise.

    Registration Process for Participants:
    Participants can register for the Challenge by visiting http://www.health2challenge.org or http://www.challenge.gov. Registration will 
be open from October 31, 2011 to March 15, 2012.
    Amount of the Prize:
    Challenge winners will be provided monetary cash prizes, totaling 
$15,000. The first place winner will receive $10,000. The second place 
winner will receive $3,000. And the third place winner will receive 
$2,000. Winners will be invited to demonstrate their apps at the 2012 
Health Promotion Summit in Washington, DC.
    Basis Upon Which Winner Will be Selected:
    Challenge submissions will be reviewed by a panel of judges with 
relevant expertise in health IT and in Healthy People 2020. Winners 
will be selected based on the following criteria:
    (1) Easy Access and Navigation.
    (2) Platform Neutrality.
    (3) User Appeal.
    (4) Innovative Design.
    (5) Broad Applicability.
    (6) Integration of Health Data.
    (7) Evidence of Co-Design and Collaboration.
    Judges will also award bonus points to submissions that align with 
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and ones that 
incorporate plain language and health literacy principles.
    Award Approving Official: Carter Blakey, Acting Director, Office of 
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
    Additional Information: The Healthy People Web site, http://www.HealthyPeople.gov, contains objectives, targets, and baseline data 
for all of the Healthy People 2020 topic areas. From healthypeople.gov, 
challenge participants will also be able to access the corresponding 
leading health indicators from the HHS Health Indicators Warehouse.

    Dated: October 18, 2011.
Carter Blakey,
Acting Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
[FR Doc. 2011-27681 Filed 10-25-11; 8:45 am]
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