[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 131 (Monday, July 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40364-40365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16666]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Announcement of Requirements and Registration for Million Hearts
TM Caregiver Video Challenge
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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Aware Approving Official: Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, Director,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Administrator, Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within
the Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with
Million Hearts TM announces the launch of The Million Hearts
TM Caregiver Video Challenge. We invite people who play a role in
helping to prevent or control high blood pressure or maintain the heart
health of a loved one to share their stories of caregiving by creating
original, compelling videos that are less than 2 minutes long. The
videos should include a description of how the caregiver contributes to
another person's heart health and provide helpful tips related to high
blood pressure prevention or control.
This challenge is necessary to engage a key audience of the Million
Hearts TM initiative and to recognize individuals who work
hard to provide care for their family members or friends. The goal of
this Challenge is to have caregivers create inspiring videos that
provide other caregivers helpful tips on heart healthy practices,
particularly on the prevention and control of high blood pressure.
Through these personalized videos we intend to promote heart disease
prevention through blood pressure control, medication adherence, and
lifestyle changes to the public.
DATES: Contestants can submit videos July 16, 2012 through August 31,
2012. Judging will take place September 10-28, 2012. Winners will be
announced on October 8, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megan Steinbauer, Officer of the
Associate Director for Communication, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop G-21, Atlanta, Georgia
30329, phone (404) 639-3245, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Subject of Challenge Competition
``The Million Hearts TM Caregiver Video Challenge'' will engage the
caregiver community. We ask caregivers to create and submit videos that
describe their role in caring for the heart health, particularly by
helping to prevent or control high blood pressure, of loved ones. In
the videos caregivers should describe how they help family members
remember to take medications as directed (medication adherence), offer
tips for monitoring blood pressure at home to improve blood pressure
control, or show how to encourage lifestyle changes that benefit blood
pressure control. Lifestyle changes include increasing physical
activity or reducing sodium in the diet.
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 18 years of age or older. All individual members of a team must
meet the eligibility requirements. ``Team members'' do not include
people whose only contribution is appearing in the video. Minors can
appear in the video, as long as the necessary consent is provided.
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;
(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 HHS, 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, not otherwise associated with the
challenge within the scope of their employment, 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 entering, each Contestant agrees to: (a) Comply with, and be
bound by, these Official Rules and the decisions of the Challenge and
judges which are binding and final in all matters relating to this
Challenge; (b) 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
CDC systems utilized to play the video), revenue, or profits, whether
direct, indirect, or consequential, arising from the Contestant's
participation in the Challenge, 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 video's submitted to CDC.
Provided, however, that Contestants are not required to waive
claims arising out of the unauthorized use or disclosure by the Sponsor
and/or Administrator of the intellectual property, trade secrets, or
confidential business information of the Contestant. (c) Be responsible
for obtaining their own liability insurance to cover claims by any
third party for death, bodily injury, or property damage, or loss
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resulting from an activity carried out in connection with participation
in the Challenge, and claims by the Federal Government for damage or
loss to Government property resulting from such an activity; and (d)
Indemnify the Federal Government against third party claims for damages
arising from or related to Challenge activities.
Registration Process for Participants
The Million HeartsTM Caregiver Video Challenge can be registered
for on http://www.challenge.gov. Interested persons should read the
official rules and guidelines posted on the Challenge site
(www.MillionHearts.challenge.gov) to create an eligible video. If a
person wishes to register to enter a submission, they must click on the
link to ``follow'' the Challenge at the top of the Challenge site.
Amount of the Prize
Three winners will be selected. The first place winner will receive
$500.00. The second and third place winners will receive $250.00 each.
Payment of the Prize
Prizes awarded under this competition will be paid by check and may
be subject to Federal income taxes. The prizes are donated by a private
donor, the CDC Foundation.
Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be Selected
The videos will be judged by Million HeartsTM leadership
and external partners in compliance with the requirements of the
America COMPETES Act. Judges will be named after the Challenge begins.
The judging panel will make decisions based on the following criteria:
(1) How appropriate is the video to the theme? Judges will score
the entries on the extent to which each video supports the Challenge
goals and follows the official rules and guidelines. Following the
theme, videos should provide appropriate and accurate care and
prevention information.
(2) How is the caregiver's story told? Submissions will be judged
on the creativity, originality, and memorability of the information
presented in the videos.
(3) How enjoyable is the video to watch? All types of videos will
be accepted into the Challenge. However, judges will rate each video on
its visual and sound quality and how clearly the caregiver's story is
communicated.
(4) To what extent does the video have the potential to impact
others? Submitted videos should be persuasive and motivate other
caregivers and their family members to perform heart-healthy practices.
Videos should offer easy to execute, useful tips regarding the
prevention and control of high blood pressure.
Additional Information
More information on the topic areas can be found on http://millionhearts.hhs.gov/abouthds/prevention.html.
Regarding Copyright/Intellectual Property: Upon Submission,
Contestant warrants that he or she is the sole author and owner of the
contest Submission, and that the contest Submission completely
originates with the Contestant, that it does not infringe upon any
copyright or any other rights of any third party of which Contestant(s)
is aware, and is free of malware.
Submission Rights: All videos submitted to the Million HeartsTM
Caregiver Video Contest remain the intellectual property of the
individuals who developed them. However, HHS and CDC maintain 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 public health purposes
consistent with HHS and/or CDC's mission.
Compliance With Rules and Contacting Contest Winners
Finalists and the Contest Winners must comply with all terms and
conditions of these Official Rules; 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 contestants' full and
unconditional agreement to abide by the Contest's Official Rules found
at www.Challenge.gov.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
Dated: July 2, 2012.
Tanja Popovic,
Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-16666 Filed 7-6-12; 8:45 am]
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