[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 133 (Thursday, July 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41800-41801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16619]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Announcement of Requirements and Registration for ``I 
VetoViolence Because . . .'': Teen Dating Violence Prevention Public 
Service Announcement Contest

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).
    Award Approving Official: Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, Director, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Administrator, Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) located 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launches the 
``I VetoViolence Because . . .'': Teen Dating Violence Prevention 
Public Service Announcement Contest. The purpose of the contest is to 
encourage the development of video public service announcements (PSA) 
that increase the understanding (1) that teen dating violence is a 
public health problem and (2) that prevention efforts can stop it 
before it starts. VetoViolence, under HHS/CDC's National Center for 
Injury Prevention and Control (Injury Center), asks violence prevention 
professionals, allied organizations, students, VetoViolence Facebook 
page fans, and the general public to develop PSAs about teen dating 
violence and the importance of prevention. The intended effect of the 
PSAs is to inspire viewers to take steps to stop teen dating violence 
before it starts by promoting healthy relationships among friends and 
loved ones and within schools and communities. The PSA finalists and 
winners will be showcased in three categories on the VetoViolence 
Facebook page, allowing participants to reach more people with 
effective and creative messages about preventing teen dating violence.

DATES: Contest begins on July 15, 2013 and ends on August 15, 2013. 
Judging will take place August 16-30, 2013, and winners will be 
notified on September 6, 2013, with prizes being awarded before 
September 30, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Williams, Media Specialist, 
Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention 
and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford 
Highway NE., MS F64, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: (770) 488-3893, 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Subject of Challenge Competition

    Contestants entering the ``I VetoViolence Because . . .'': Teen 
Dating Violence Prevention Public Service Announcement Contest will be 
asked to submit short (60 seconds or less), self-made PSAs about teen 
dating violence and the importance of prevention efforts.

Eligibility Rules for Participating in the Competition

    The challenge is open to any contestant--defined as an individual 
or team of U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States. 
Contestants may submit more than one video to the challenge.
    Contestants will be asked to self-identify as a student, violence 
prevention professional, or member of the general public when selecting 
an entry category (Student View, Violence Prevention Professional View, 
or General Public View). A student is defined as anyone enrolled in 
middle school, high school, or college and under age 25. Contestants 
must be at least 13 years of age to enter.
    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 published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at 
vetoviolence.challenge.gov;
    (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) May not be employees of the HHS/CDC Injury Center, judges of 
the challenge, or any other party involved with the design, production, 
execution, or distribution of the challenge or their immediate family 
(spouse, parents or step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, and 
children and step-children).
    (7) Federal grantees may not use Federal funds to develop COMPETES 
Act (www.nsf.gov/statistics/about/BILLS-111hr5116enr.pdf) 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.
    By participating in this challenge, contestants 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 participation 
in this prize contest, whether the injury, death, damage, or loss 
arises through negligence or otherwise. By participating in this 
challenge, contestants agree to indemnify the Federal Government 
against third party claims for damages arising from or related to 
challenge activities.
    Registration Process for Participants: Contestants must register 
for the ``I VetoViolence Because . . .'': Teen Dating Violence 
Prevention Public Service Announcement Contest Challenge through 
www.challenge.gov. Interested persons should read the

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official rules posted on the challenge site, 
vetoviolence.challenge.gov. Prior to entering a submission to the 
challenge, contestants must follow the challenge rules before the end 
of the submission period.
    Amount of the Prize: One prize winner for each category, including 
General Public View, Student View, and Violence Prevention Professional 
View, will receive an award in the amount of $500 after the 
notification of the winners. A total of $1,500 will be distributed as 
awards by the contractor.
    Payment of the Prize: Prizes under this competition will be paid by 
electronic funds transfer by Westat Health Communications as part of 
their VetoViolence Facebook contract with the HHS/CDC Injury Center's 
Division of Violence Prevention.
    Basis Upon Which Winners Will be Selected: Submissions to the 
challenge will be assessed by a panel of judges composed of HHS/CDC 
Injury Center teen dating violence subject matter experts and 
communications staff and external injury and violence professionals in 
compliance with the requirements of the America COMPETES Act. Judges 
will be named after the commencement of the challenge on July 15, 2013. 
The judging panel will make decisions based on the following criteria:
    (1) Creativity: Each entry will be judged on creativity 
demonstrated in the delivery of teen dating violence prevention 
messages.
    (2) Communication of teen dating violence prevention messages: Each 
entry will be judged on the expression of positive prevention of teen 
dating violence messages. The submissions should not contain real or 
simulated acts of violence, profane language, inappropriate content, or 
personal or professional attacks.
    (3) Length of Video: Each entry should be 60 seconds or less.
    (4) Video and Audio Quality: Each entry should be visually focused 
and have audible sound quality. Submissions should not be difficult to 
watch because of an unclear image or to hear because of a poor audio 
recording.
    (5) Fulfilling contest purpose: Each entry will be judged on its 
overall success in meeting the contest goal: Development of video 
public service announcements (PSA) that increase the understanding (1) 
that teen dating violence is a public health problem and (2) that 
prevention efforts can stop it before it starts.
    One prize winner for each category--General Public View, Student 
View, and Violence Prevention Professional View--will receive an award 
in the amount of $500 after the notification of the winners. A total of 
$1,500 will be distributed among the three winners.
    Additional Information: Finalists and the contest winners must 
comply with all terms and conditions of the official rules posted on 
the challenge site, vetoviolence.challenge.gov, and winning is 
contingent upon fulfilling all requirements herein. The finalists will 
be notified by email, telephone, or mail after the date of the judging.
    Contestant information provided during registration will be used to 
respond to contestants in matters regarding their submission, 
announcements of entrants, finalists, and winners of the contest. 
Information is not collected for commercial marketing. Winners are 
permitted to cite that they won this contest.
    HHS/CDC reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the 
contest, or any part of it, for any reason, at HHS/CDC's sole 
discretion.
    More information on teen dating violence may be found at http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/intimatepartnerviolence/teen_dating_violence.html. More information on VetoViolence may be found at http://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/ and http://www.facebook.com/vetoviolence.

    Dated: July 5, 2013.
Tanja Popovic,
Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-16619 Filed 7-10-13; 8:45 am]
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