[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26015-26016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10548]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Announcement of Requirements and Registration for ``Seeing My
World through a Safer Lens: What Does Injury and Violence Look Like in
My Community?'' Video Contest
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) announces the
launch of the Seeing My World through a Safer Lens: What Does Injury
and Violence Look Like in My Community? video contest. The CDC National
Center for Injury Prevention and Control (Injury Center) is reaching
out to students, injury and violence professionals, and the general
public throughout the United States to answer the question, ``What does
injury and violence prevention look like in my community?'' Through the
Seeing My World through a Safer Lens video contest, Contestants can
create a short video that reflects injury and violence prevention
activities that are in line with the Injury Center's key topics and
messages. This Challenge will raise awareness that, despite the fact
that injuries and violence are serious public health issues, they are
actually preventable. By having Contestants create personalized videos
to submit to the video contest, we will show how proven prevention
strategies are being implemented in various forms of communities.
Further, by showcasing the winning videos in each category of
submission (Student View, General Public View, and Injury and Violence
Professional View), we will show that steps for injury and violence
prevention can be taken by anyone and anywhere in the U.S.
DATES: Contestants can begin submission of videos on May 1, 2012, until
the end of the submission period July 31, 2012. Judging will take place
between August 1-31, 2012, and winners will be notified and prizes
awarded September 10, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rupal Mehta, National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 4779 Buford Highway NE., Mailstop F-63, Atlanta, Georgia
30341, phone: 770-488-3984; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Subject of Challenge Competition
Entrants of the Seeing My World through a Safer Lens video contest
will be asked to submit a short video that reflects how injury and
violence prevention look like in their communities. Key prevention
messages on Injury Center focus areas will be provided for inclusion in
the videos. The videos should reflect positive prevention messaging and
scenarios that students, injury and violence professionals, and the
general public may face in their efforts to reduce injuries and
violence where they live, work, study, or play.
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
who are 13 years of age or older (with the permission of a parent/
guardian if under 18 years of age). Contestants may submit more than
one entry if they have developed more than one video.
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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control;
(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. Federal employees seeking to participate
in this contest outside the scope of their employment should consult
their ethics official prior to developing their submission.
(5) May not be employees of the 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).
(6) Shall not be an HHS employee working on their applications or
submissions during assigned duty hours.
(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.
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
The Seeing My World through a Safer Lens Challenge can be
registered for through www.challenge.gov. Interested persons should
read the official rules posted on the Challenge site,
www.SaferLens.challenge.gov. Prior to entering a submission to the
Challenge, Contestants must follow the Challenge before the end of the
submission period.
Amount of the Prize
Each category of submission (Student View, Injury and Violence
Professional View, and General Public View) shall be awarded ONE prize
in the amount of $500.00 after the notification of the winner.
Prizes awarded under this competition will be paid by electronic
funds transfer and may be subject to Federal income taxes. HHS will
comply with the Internal Revenue Service withholding and reporting
requirements, where applicable.
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Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be Selected
Submissions to the Challenge will be assessed by an informed panel
of judges of Injury Center program 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. The judging panel will make decisions based on the
following criteria:
(1) Creativity: Each entry will be judged on creative presentation
of injury and violence prevention messages.
(2) Use of Key Topics Message Boxes: Key messages are provided for
areas of Violence Prevention, Home and Recreational Safety, Motor
Vehicle Safety, and Traumatic Brain Injury. One or more of the provided
messages should be incorporated into the video, and be portrayed
accurately.
(3) Communication of Positive Injury and Violence Message:
Submissions will be judged on the expression of positive prevention
injury and violence messages. The submissions should not show any acts
of violence, profane language, inappropriate content, or personal or
professional attacks.
(4) Length of Video: All submissions should be 90 seconds or less,
and should use the required time to efficiently express the positive
injury and violence prevention message.
(5) Video and Audio Quality: All types of videos will be accepted
into the Challenge. However, effort to show quality content will be
assessed.
Additional Information
Key injury and violence message boxes will be provided for use in
each video on the topics of: Violence Prevention, Home and Recreational
Safety, Motor Vehicle Safety, and Traumatic Brain Injury. More
information on the topic areas can be found through www.cdc.gov/injury.
Regarding Copyright/Intellectual Property: Upon Submission, each
Contestant warrants that he or she is the sole owner of the submission,
that the Submission is wholly original with the Contestant and does not
infringe on any copyright or any other rights of any third party of
which the Contestant is aware.
Submission Rights: By participating in this Challenge, each
Contestant grants to the CDC Injury Center an irrevocable, paid-up,
royalty-free nonexclusive worldwide license to post, link to, share,
and display publicly on the Web. All Contestants will retain all other
intellectual property rights in their submissions.
Compliance With Rules and Contacting Contest Winners
Finalists and the Contest Winners must comply with all terms and
conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon
fulfilling all requirements herein. The initial finalists will be
notified by email, telephone, or mail after the date of the judging.
Awards may be subject to Federal income taxes, and the Department of
Health and Human Services will comply with the Internal Revenue Service
withholding and reporting requirements, where applicable.
Privacy
If Contestants choose to provide the CDC with personal information
by registering or filling out the submission form through the
Challenge.gov Web site, that information is 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.
General Conditions
The CDC reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the
Contest, or any part of it, for any reason, at CDC'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 www.Challenge.gov.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719
Dated: April 23, 2012.
Tanja Popovic,
Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-10548 Filed 5-1-12; 8:45 am]
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