[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47080-47082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19225]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Announcement of Requirements and Registration for ``Stop Bullying 
Video Challenge''

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) 
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, located within the Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the launch of the ``Stop 
Bullying Video Challenge.'' Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior 
among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power 
imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be 
repeated, over time. Bullying can affect everyone--those who are 
bullied, those who bully, and those who witness bullying. Bullying is 
linked to many negative outcomes including impacts on mental health, 
substance use, and suicide. The Federal Partners for Bullying 
Prevention is a Federal workgroup which is comprised of 9 departments, 
with 34 offices within those 9 departments, dedicated to preventing and 
ending bullying in schools and communities across the nation. HRSA and 
the Federal Partners are launching a video challenge that will 
encourage and motivate youth to prevent bullying.
    The goal of the contest is to create an impact through accepting 
videos that demonstrate:
    1. Peer-to-peer communication,
    2. Positive messaging, and
    3. Promotion of the www.stopbullying.gov Web site. By using these 
guidelines, contestants will create relevant, youth-designed videos 
that stand to increase knowledge about bullying and how to prevent it.

DATES: Contestants can begin submission of tools on August 7, 2012, 
until the end of the submission period October 10, 2012. Judging will 
take place between October 11 and December 2, 2012. Winners will be 
notified and prizes awarded no later than December 31, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Reiney, MPH, CHES; Public Health 
Analyst, 301-443-5848.

AWARD APPROVING OFFICIAL: Mary K. Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N., 
Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Eligible Entities

    This video contest is open to U.S. middle and high school students 
aged 13-18 at the time of entry. Contestants may be individuals or 
groups (including but not limited to middle and high schools located in 
the U.S., and youth advocacy groups incorporated in and located in the 
U.S.). An individual, whether participating singly or in a group, must 
be a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. If the contestant is 
under 18 years of age at the time of entry, the contestant must have 
permission from a parent or guardian, and an adult must complete and 
submit the contest entry form. Contestants/submitters must also have 
all the necessary permissions for individuals heard and/or seen on the 
submitted video. The permission of the parent or guardian of each 
person under the age of 18 who is seen or heard in the video is also 
required. Contestants in this category are encouraged to submit group 
entries. Employees and contractors of the Federal government are not 
eligible, nor are their immediate family members. The Contest is 
subject to all applicable Federal laws and regulations. Participation 
constitutes contestant's full and unconditional agreement to these 
Official Rules, which are final and binding in all matters related to 
the Contest. Eligibility for a prize award is contingent upon 
fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

Competition Submission Period and other Submission Requirements

    Contestants must submit their videos between August 7 and October 
10, 2012. Each contestant must complete and submit the required 
information on www.challenge.gov for the video entered into the 
Contest. Groups of more than one individual must submit a contest entry 
through a single designated individual or school within the group. Once 
a submission is made, the contestant may not make any changes or alter 
the submission until the judging is complete and winners announced. 
Contestants remain owners of the intellectual property rights of their 
submissions. Contestants must upload their video to YouTube as private. 
To do this, select ``Privacy Settings,'' mark video as private, enter 
the YouTube username ``stopbullyinggov'' in the box that appears below, 
then select ``save changes.'' Videos must be uploaded to YouTube in one 
of the following file formats: WebM, MPEG4, 3GPP, MOV, AVI, MPEGPS, 
WMV, or FLV.

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Contest Guidelines

    (1) All tools must be submitted through the Stop Bullying Video 
Challenge Contest page located at http://stopbullying.challenge.gov.
    (2) Individual contestants must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident 
to enter and win. U.S. Government employees, contractors, or grantees 
and their immediate family members are not eligible to win.
    (3) Individuals creating the video must be 13-18 years of age.
    (4) Videos must be submitted by an adult, age 18 or older, with one 
youth lead indicated on the submission form. In cases where the 
contestant/submitter is an 18-year-old submitting on their own behalf, 
that individual can also be designated as the youth lead.
    (5) An adult must complete the contest entry form and provide valid 
contact information.
    (6) The permission of the parent or guardian of each person under 
the age of 18 who is seen or heard in the video is also required.
    (7) Entries will be judged by an expert panel on the basis of 
creativity and originality, quality, technical accuracy, and content of 
the message. HRSA reserves the right not to select a winner if none of 
the entries received are judged to be of high quality based on the 
above criteria.
    (8) The video must be an original creation by an individual or 
group of individuals between the ages of 13 and 18. No copyrighted 
music, video, or images may be used in the video.
    (9) The submitted video must not infringe on any third party 
rights.
    (10) Videos previously produced for compensation and videos already 
posted on www.stopbullying.gov are not eligible.
    (11) The winner(s) must provide a copy of the original video file 
to receive the prize funds.
    (12) By submitting a video to this contest, contestants grant a 
royalty-free license to copy, distribute, modify, display and perform 
publicly and otherwise use, and authorize others to use, your video for 
any educational purpose throughout the world and in any media.
    (13) HRSA reserves the right to make your video available to the 
general public from its Web site and to distribute it to groups and any 
other organizations interested in showing it for educational purposes, 
including, but not limited to, on internet sites, at conferences and 
events, on television, and other media outlets.
    (14) HRSA will disqualify any entries deemed to contain offensive 
material.
    (15) You must have a consent form filled out and signed by each 
person appearing or heard in the video, and his/her guardian if s/he is 
a minor. If your video is chosen, you must provide copies of these 
signed consent forms.
    (16) Entries must be received or postmarked by October 10, 2012. 
The winner will be notified via email and announced on the contest Web 
site in December.
    (17) Each entrant must agree to these terms and conditions, or, if 
a minor, his/her parent or legal guardian.

Formatting Requirements

    (1) The video must be 30 seconds to 60 seconds in length, and close 
with a visual mention of www.stopbullying.gov;
    (2) You may enter multiple versions (30 seconds to 60 seconds) of 
your Public Service Announcement (PSA);
    (3) The video cannot have been submitted previously in a promotion 
or contest of any kind or exhibited or displayed publicly through any 
means previously;
    (4) The video must not contain material that violates or infringes 
another's rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or 
intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright or license 
infringement;
    (5) The video must not contain brand names or trademarks;
    (6) The video must not contain material that is inappropriate, 
indecent, obscene, hateful, defamatory, slanderous or libelous;
    (7) The video must not contain material that promotes bigotry, 
racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes 
discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, 
sexual orientation, gender identification or age; and
    (8) The video must not contain material that is unlawful, in 
violation of, or contrary to the laws or regulations in any state where 
the video is created.

Winner Selection and Judges

    Following the deadline for submissions, a panel will judge the 
videos for accuracy of the information and its compliance with the 
video requirements shown above. A panel of expert judges will then 
choose the top three videos submitted. The top three videos will be 
posted on www.stopbullying.gov and recognized as the winners of this 
PSA contest. The grand prize winner will be selected from the top three 
videos by a public majority vote via challenge.gov. All three winners 
will receive a prize. There will be one grand prize award of $2,000 and 
two runners-up awards of $500 given to winning contestants. An expert 
panel of judges, qualified by training and experience, will evaluate 
the submissions on the criteria identified below. Judges will be fair 
and impartial, may not have a personal or financial interest in, or be 
an employee, officer, director, or agent of, any entity that is a 
registered participant in the competition, and may not have a familial 
or financial relationship with an individual who is a registered 
contestant. The panel will provide expert advice on the merits of each 
submission to HRSA officials responsible for final selections for 
award.

Judging Criteria

Message and Appropriateness to Theme (50%)
     The message is effective at promoting greater public 
awareness about bullying issues and conveys clear and concise steps 
that can be taken to motivate youth to prevent bullying.
     Involves kids talking to kids. While working with adults 
to communicate the message is encouraged, the PSA should feature youth 
addressing their peers on the issue of bullying.
     Communicates a positive message. The focus should be on 
how youth can be more than a bystander, rather than a PSA that solely 
explains why bullying is wrong. HRSA encourages creating a video that 
promotes an environment where kindness and respect for others matters.
     The anti-bullying message is supported by information 
found on www.stopbullying.gov, and includes the Web site URL for 3 
seconds at the end of the video.
Creativity & Originality (30%)
     Video concept and approach is unique.
     Entrant employs innovative methods to convey the message.
     Audio and visual enhance, rather than distract from, the 
underlining message.
Audience Appeal/Quality (20%)
     Audio quality--any dialogue that can be easily understood; 
music and/or sound effects are of adequate fidelity.
     Visual quality--video production appears professional; any 
visual effects contribute rather than distract from message.

Winners and Recognition

    Winners will be identified and notified prior to the date of public 
announcement and promotion of winners. All winning tools will be

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featured on www.stopbullying.gov and www.challenge.gov, and via social 
media channels, including, but not limited to, Facebook, Twitter, and 
YouTube pages. There will be up to 3 winners.

Intellectual Property Rights

    All videos submitted to the Stop Bullying Video Challenge remain 
the intellectual property of the individuals who developed them. 
However, the Federal Government maintains a non-exclusive, royalty-free 
license to use, reproduce, publish, distribute and exhibit the 
submission/winning video in any and all formats or manner for 
educational, training and other information purpose consistent with the 
Federal Partners for Bullying Prevention's mission. Submissions will be 
made available free of charge to the public. The Federal Government 
also reserves the right to make all submitted videos available for 
partners and local access stations to feature winners or local 
contestants.

Publicity

    Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes 
the winner's consent to use of the winner's name, likeness, photograph, 
voice, opinions, and/or hometown and state information by the Contest's 
sponsors and/or agents for promotional purposes in any media, 
worldwide, without further payment or consideration.

Copyright

    The contestant warrants that the identified individual(s) involved 
are the sole author(s) and owner(s) of the Contest submission, that the 
Contest submission completely originates with the identified 
participants, that it does not infringe upon any copyright or any other 
rights of any third party of which the contestant(s) is aware, and that 
it is free of malware. The contestant cannot submit material that 
participating individuals between the ages of 13 and 18 did not create 
and do not own. The contestant cannot take material from any other 
source.

Liability

    The contestant/submitter agrees 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 (including any damage that may result from 
a virus, malware, etc., to Government systems utilized to play the 
video), revenue, or profits, whether direct, indirect, or 
consequential, arising from their participation in the competition, 
whether the injury, death, damage, or loss arises through negligence or 
otherwise. The contestant/submitter shall be liable for, and shall 
indemnify and hold harmless the Government against, all actions or 
claims for any claim, demand, judgment, or other allegation arising 
from alleged violation of an individual's trademark, copyright, or 
other legally protected interest in videos submitted to the Federal 
Government.

Privacy Policy

    Personal information collected for this contest will only be used 
to contact video submitters about the contest. The contest winners' 
names (and the names of any honorable mentions selected) will be 
announced publically, after consultation with the winner and any 
honorable mentions, as a part of the Stop Bullying Video Challenge 
award recognition process. All information collected is subject to the 
ChallengePost privacy policy located at www.challengepost.com/privacy.

General Conditions

    HRSA reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the 
Contest, or any part of it, for any reason, at HRSA's sole discretion. 
Participation in this Contest constitutes a contestant's full and 
unconditional agreement to abide by the Contest's Official Rules found 
at http://stopbullying.challenge.gov.

    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 3719.

    Dated: August 1, 2012.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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