[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79918-79921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32331]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Announcement of Requirements and Registration for the ``My 
Preparedness Story: Staying Healthy and Resilient'' Video Challenge

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 
Response, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 
Response (ASPR), located within the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services, announces the launch of the ``My Preparedness Story: Staying 
Healthy and Resilient'' Video Challenge. Natural disasters and other 
emergencies can happen anywhere and at any time. Taking action ahead of 
an emergency can help individuals, families, and communities fully 
prepare to prevent or minimize potential health impacts. Young people 
can help their family, friends, and community become stronger by 
protecting their health during disasters and every day. For example, 
some can do it by volunteering in a health center or with a local 
Medical Reserve Corps Unit, learning first aid skills, developing an 
emergency plan, preparing an emergency kit, or educating their family 
and friends about actions they can take to be healthy.

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    This contest invites young people between the ages of 14 and 23 to 
create a short video, 60 seconds or less, that answers the question, 
``How are you helping family, friends, and community to protect their 
health during disasters and every day?''

DATES: Challenge begins on January 4, 2016, and ends on March 28, 2016, 
11 p.m. EST. ASPR staff will judge eligible submissions and select 
semifinalists April 4-8, 2016. The general public will rate the 
semifinalists' videos April 11-22, 2016. The winners will be notified 
and announced no later than May 9, 2016. ASPR will announce timeline 
changes by amending this Federal Register notice.

ADDRESSES: See Supplemental Information section for complete Video 
Challenge details.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The challenge is authorized by Public Law 
111-358, the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote 
Excellence in Technology, Education and Science Reauthorization Act of 
2010 (COMPETES Act).
    Eligible Entities: This video contest is open to people in the 
United States (U.S.) who are between the ages of 14 and 23 at the time 
of entry. Contestants may be individuals, public or private entities, 
or groups. An individual, whether participating individually or in a 
group, must be a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. If the 
contestant is less than 18 at the time of entry, the entrant must have 
a completed Parental/Guardian Consent Form. In the case of a private 
entity, the entity must be incorporated in and maintain a primary place 
of business in the U.S. Federal entities are not eligible; federal 
employees acting within the scope of their employment are not eligible. 
ASPR employees are not eligible. Federal grantees may not use federal 
funds to develop an application unless consistent with the purpose of 
their grant award and specifically requested to do so due to 
competition design and as announced in the Federal Register. Federal 
contractors may not use federal funds from a contract to develop 
applications or to fund efforts in support of a challenge submission. 
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. 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 on an equitable basis.
    Submission Period and Requirements: Contestants must submit their 
video between January 4, 2016, and March 28, 2016. Contestants may be 
individuals or groups. One video may be submitted per contestant. To 
register for the Challenge, each contestant will need to create a free 
account at http://www.challenge.gov. Groups must submit an entry 
through a single designated individual or entity within the group. 
Contestants must follow submission rules found at https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/my-preparedness-story-staying-healthy-and-resilient/.
    Contest Guidelines: Only complete entries that follow application 
instructions will be reviewed. ASPR reserves the right to disqualify 
participants in instances where misconduct is identified. We expect 
participants will treat each other and their communities with respect. 
We will not accept submissions that contain vulgar language, personal 
attacks, or offensive terms that target individuals or groups. We will 
not accept submissions that promote services or products. Submissions 
that make unsupported claims will not be accepted. Other rules include:
     Contestants must submit their video by March 28, 2016, at 
11 p.m. EST;
     All videos must be submitted through the Video Challenge 
Web site at https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/my-preparedness-story-staying-healthy-and-resilient/;
     A video must be 60 seconds or less, showing how you help 
family, friends, and community to protect their health during disasters 
and every day;
     Contestants may submit their entry as an individual or 
part of a group;
    [ssquf] Only one video may be submitted per contestant;
    [ssquf] Submissions by groups should be submitted only once by one 
member of the group (one prize will be awarded for each winning entry); 
and
     Contestants must upload their video to YouTube (http://www.youtube.com) and add the link to their video on the ``Submit 
Solutions'' form, along with a description and transcript of the video. 
Each video must contain closed captioning.
    Helpful Links and Information:
     YouTube: How to upload https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/57407?hl=en&rd=1.
     YouTube: How to add closed captions https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/57407?hl=en&rd=1.
     Contestants must be between the ages of 14 and 23 on March 
28, 2016. If under 18, a contestant must have their adult parent or 
legal guardian complete the Parental/Guardian Consent Form at http://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/planning/authority/nhss/Documents/parental-consent-form.pdf. This form must be submitted with your entry.
     Contestants must have the necessary documented permissions 
for individuals heard and/or seen on the submitted video. The 
documented permission of the adult parent or guardian of each person 
under the age of 18 seen or heard in the video is also required.
     Any individual contestant or group entry with a member on 
the Excluded Parties List (https://www.sam.gov/sam/transcript/Public_-_Identifying_Excluded_Entities.pdf ) will not be eligible for prizes.
     The video must be an original creation. Contestants must 
not infringe upon any copyright or any other rights of any third party.
     By submitting a video to this contest, contestants grant a 
royalty-free license to ASPR 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.
     By submitting a video to this contest, contestants agree 
that ASPR may make your video available to the public from its Web site 
(http://www.phe.gov) and to distribute it to organizations interested 
in showing it for educational purposes. That includes, but is not 
limited to, Internet sites, conferences and events, and television and 
other media outlets.
     Contestants must agree to follow applicable local, state, 
and federal laws, regulations, and policies.
     ASPR reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to 
cancel, suspend, or otherwise modify the challenge, or not award prizes 
if no entries are deemed worthy.
     Contestants must comply with these terms and conditions of 
these rules.
    Submission Topic: All submissions should answer the challenge 
question, ``How are you helping family, friends, and community to 
protect their health during disasters and every day?''
    Judges and Winner Selection: Submissions will be judged by a panel 
of ASPR staff, qualified by training and experience, to evaluate 
submissions on the identified criteria and select the semifinalists. 
The general public will

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have an opportunity to rate the semifinalists' videos using a five-star 
rating system on the Challenge Web site. ASPR staff will select the 
winners by calculating the final scores. 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. There may be one first-prize award of $2,000, one second-
prize award of $1,000, and one third-prize award of $500.
    Judging Criteria: Submissions will be scored by the challenge 
reviewers using the following criteria:
     Clear and consistent message/Overall impact (40 percent): 
Does the video show how the contestant is helping family, friends, and 
community to protect their health during disasters and every day? Is 
the story clear, educational, inspiring, and persuasive? Does it 
motivate peers to be more prepared?
     Creativity and originality (30 percent): How creatively 
does the video answer the challenge question? How original is the idea?
     Production quality (20 percent): Does the video 
effectively use lighting, sound, and editing to tell the story? Is the 
dialogue clear and easy to understand? Do visual effects (if any) 
contribute to the message or detract from it?
     Public rating (10 percent): How does the public rate the 
video?
    Winners and Recognition: The winners will be announced no later 
than May 9, 2016, on the challenge Web site, the ASPR homepage (http://www.phe.gov), and ASPR's social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, and 
YouTube). There may be up to five winners.
    Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the challenge 
constitutes the winner's consent to use the winner's name, likeness, 
photograph, voice, opinions, and/or hometown and state information by 
ASPR in any media without further payment or consideration.
    Intellectual Property: By submitting an entry to the challenge, 
each contestant/submitter warrants that he or she is the sole author 
and owner of any copyrightable works that the entry comprises (or has 
obtained sufficient rights in any copyrightable works owned by third 
parties to satisfy its obligations set forth herein), that the works 
are wholly original with the contestant/submitter, and that the entry 
does not infringe any copyright or any other rights of any third party 
of which contestant/submitter is aware.
    To receive an award, contestant/submitter will not be required to 
transfer their intellectual property rights to the ASPR. Each 
contestant/submitter retains title to their entry, and expressly 
reserves all intellectual property rights (e.g., copyrights and rights 
to inventions and patents that cover them) in their entry. By 
participating in the challenge, each contestant/submitter grants to the 
federal government a nonexclusive, non-transferrable, irrevocable, 
paid-up license to practice or have practiced for or on behalf of the 
U.S. any invention throughout the world owned or controlled by the 
contestant/submitter that covers the entry, and grants to the U.S. 
government and others acting on behalf of the U.S. government, a 
royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive worldwide license to use, 
reproduce, and display publicly all parts of the entry for the purposes 
of the challenge. This license includes, without limitation, posting or 
linking to the entry on the official challenge Web site.
    Contestants/submitters are free to discuss their entry and the 
ideas or technologies that it contains with other parties, encouraged 
to share ideas/technologies publicly, and free to contract with any 
third parties, as long as they do not sign any agreement or undertake 
any obligation that conflicts with the challenge rules set forth 
herein.
    Liability: By participating in this challenge, each contestant/
submitter agrees to assume any and all risks and waive claims against 
the federal government and its related entities (as defined in the 
America COMPETES Act), including Capital Consulting Corporation, the 
challenge's expert advisors and judges, 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 challenge, whether the injury, 
death, damage, or loss arises through negligence or otherwise. By 
participating in this challenge, each contestant/submitter agrees to 
indemnify the federal government and the Capital Consulting Corporation 
against third party claims for damages arising from or related to 
challenge activities.
    Insurance: Based on the subject matter of the Challenge, the type 
of work that it will possibly require, as well as an analysis of the 
likelihood of any claims for death, bodily injury, or property damage, 
or loss potentially resulting from competition participation, 
contestants are not required to obtain liability insurance or 
demonstrate financial responsibility in order to participate in this 
challenge.
    Warranties: By submitting an entry to the challenge, each 
contestant/submitter represents and warrants that all information 
provided in the entry and as a result of the challenge registration 
process is true and complete, that contestant/submitter has the right 
and authority to submit such entry on the contestant's/submitter's own 
behalf or on behalf of the persons and entities specified within the 
entry, and that the entry:
     Is your original work, or is submitted by permission with 
full and proper credit given within your entry;
     Does not contain confidential information or trade secrets 
(yours or anyone else's);
     Does not knowingly violate or infringe upon the patent 
rights, industrial design rights, copyrights, trademarks, rights in 
technical data, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual 
property or other rights of any person or entity; and
     Does not contain malicious code, such as viruses, malware, 
timebombs, cancelbots, worms, Trojan horses, or other potentially 
harmful programs or other material or information.
    General Conditions: ASPR reserves the right to cancel, suspend, 
and/or modify this challenge at any time through amendment to this 
Federal Register notice. In the event the challenge is modified, 
contestants/submitters registered in the challenge will be notified by 
email and provided with a copy of the amended challenge rules and a 
listing of the changes that were made. Any contestant/submitter who 
continues to participate in the challenge following receipt of such a 
notice of amendment(s) will be deemed to have accepted any such 
amendment(s). If a contestant/submitter does not wish to continue to 
participate in the challenge pursuant to the Official Rules, as 
amended, such contestant/submitter may terminate participation in the 
challenge by not submitting additional entries or withdrawing their 
submission. ASPR reserves the right to not award prizes if no entries 
are deemed worthy.
    Only complete entries that follow application instructions will be 
reviewed and eligible to win. ASPR reserves the right to disqualify any 
challenge participants in instances where misconduct is identified or 
other contest guidelines are not met.


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    Dated: December 17, 2015.
Nicole Lurie,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
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