80 FR 66048 - Announcement of Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 208 (October 28, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 208 (October 28, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 208 (Wednesday, October 28, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 66048-66050] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-27445] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES Announcement of Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers Data Challenge AGENCY: National Endowment for the Humanities. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announces the Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers Data Challenge under Section 105 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-358). This challenge encourages the creation of web-based tools, data visualizations, and other creative uses of the information found in the Chronicling America historic newspaper database. DATES: Competition begins on October 28, 2015, and ends June 15, 2016. NEH will announce a winner on or about July 15, 2016, unless it extends the term of the competition as provided in this notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leah Weinryb Grohsgal, Senior Program Officer and NDNP Program Coordinator, Division of Preservation and Access, National Endowment for the Humanities, (202) 606-8577, or lgrohsgal@neh.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Subject of the Competition How can you use open data to explore history? NEH invites members of the public to produce creative web-based projects demonstrating the potential for using the data found in the Chronicling America Web site, available at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. Chronicling America is a Web site providing access to digitized U.S. newspapers and to information about historic newspapers. The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a joint effort between NEH and the Library of Congress, produces the site. Visit the Chronicling America Web site at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. For more about the humanities, visit the NEH Web site at www.neh.gov. What are we looking for? NEH encourages contestants to develop data visualizations, web-based tools, or other innovative and interesting web-based projects using the open data found in Chronicling America. There are over ten million pages of digitized newspapers in Chronicling America, published between 1836 and 1922, from towns and cities across the United States. The newspapers illuminate 19th and 20th [[Page 66049]] century American life, with stories about politics, sports, shopping, music, food, health, science, movies, and everything in between. Entries should uncover trends, display insights, explore a theme, or tell a story. For example, entries using the Chronicling America newspaper data could: --Show how local news in various places covered the World Series of baseball --Trace the developing motion picture industry across the country --Follow the enactment of amendments to the Constitution --Show coverage of a historic political campaign in various locations --Map the travels of a president across the country based on local news coverage --Show changes in advertising logos or newspaper mastheads over time --Track the price or adoption of consumer goods over time in different locations --Explore tourism in different locations in the United States --Discover how various regions of the country celebrated Thanksgiving at different times Projects could also create data mashups that juxtapose Chronicling America data with other datasets or translate newspapers into different languages. The Library of Congress has developed a user-friendly Application Program Interface (API), which can be used to explore the data contained in Chronicling America in many ways. You can learn more about the API at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/about/api. Entrants must use this API to access the data, but are welcome to use existing software or tools to create their projects. Rules for Participating in the Competition 1. Eligibility. To be eligible to enter this competition, you-- (a) Must register to participate in the competition under the Official Rules promulgated by NEH on https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/chronicling-america-historic-american-newspapers-data-challenge/; (b) Must comply with all the requirements under this notice and the America COMPETES Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-358); (c) Must either, (1) in the case of an individual or group of individuals, be citizens or permanent residents of the United States, or (2) in the case of an entity, be a non-profit incorporated in and maintaining a primary place of business in the United States and be tax-exempt under the Internal Revenue Code; (d) Must have the permission of a parent or legal guardian to participate if you are under 18 years of age; (e) May not be a federal entity or federal employee acting within the scope of your employment; and (f) May not be an employee of NEH or an immediate family member (spouse, parents or step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, children and step-children, and household members). 2. If you are a federal grantee, you may not use federal funds to develop America COMPETES Act competition applications unless such use is consistent with the purpose of your grant award. If the project has received previous NEH or other federal funding, the summary should describe how this entry represents a new contribution or facet of the project. 3. If you are a federal contractor, you may not use federal funds from a contract to develop or fund efforts in support of America COMPETES Act competition applications. 4. You may not use federal facilities or consult with federal employees during the competition unless the facilities and employees are made available to all contestants participating in the competition on an equitable basis. 5. NEH will accept submissions from single individuals, entities, or groups of individuals. You may submit multiple entries, but you (or your group) will be eligible to win only one prize. 6. Using the API, contestants must create a web-based tool, data visualization, or any other web-based project that displays an interesting and innovative use of the data contained in Chronicling America. Contestants will need to host the Web sites they develop. All entries must be compatible with Internet Explorer 10 and above, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox and contestants must provide any passwords or instructions required to gain access. 7. Insurance. (a) By participating in this competition, you 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 competition, whether the injury, death, damage, or loss arises through negligence or otherwise. Provided, however, that you are not required to waive claims against NEH arising out of the unauthorized use of or disclosure by NEH of your intellectual property, trade secrets, or confidential business information. (b) By participating in this competition, you agree to indemnify the Federal Government against third-party claims for damages arising from or related to competition activities. (c) Based on the subject matter of the competition, the type of work that it will possibly require, and an analysis of the likelihood of any claims for death, bodily injury, or property damage, or loss potentially resulting from participation, NEH does not require you to obtain liability insurance or demonstrate financial responsibility in order to participate in this competition. 8. Intellectual Property. (a) By submitting an entry to the competition, you represent and warrant that you are the sole author and owner of the submitted entry. Entries must be your original work, and must not violate or infringe the rights of other parties, including, but not limited to, privacy, publicity, or intellectual property rights, or material that constitutes copyright or license infringement. Your entry may not contain any material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, defamatory, or in any way disparaging. Your entry cannot have been submitted previously in another promotion or contest of any kind. (b) You understand and agree that if your entry is selected as a winner, NEH may modify or alter it, in its sole discretion, as deemed appropriate or necessary. The winning contestant will, in consideration of the prize to be awarded, grant to NEH and the Library of Congress an irrevocable, royalty-free, exclusive worldwide license to reproduce, distribute, copy, display, create derivative works, and publicly post, link to, and share, the winning design or parts thereof, for the purpose of the competition and for any official NEH or Library of Congress purpose. 9. NEH reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the competition for any reason, which includes the right to decline to select winning entries if NEH determines that no submission satisfactorily meets the selection criteria. 10. By participating in this competition, you are providing your full and unconditional agreement to abide by the rules set forth in this notice, and by the Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers Data Challenge Official Rules found at https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/chronicling-america-historic-american-newspapers-data-challenge/. [[Page 66050]] Process for Contestants To Register for the Competition NEH will accept submissions only through challenge.gov. 1. Create an account on https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/chronicling-america-historic-american-newspapers-data-challenge/ or log in with an existing ChallengePost account. 2. On https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/chronicling-america-historic-american-newspapers-data-challenge/, click ``Accept this challenge'' to register your interest in participating. This step ensures that you will receive important competition updates. 3. After you sign up on https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/chronicling-america-historic-american-newspapers-data-challenge/, the Web site will send a confirmation email to the email address you provided. Use the confirmation email to verify your email address. As a registered contestant, you will then be able to enter the competition by submitting an application that conforms to the requirements set forth herein. 4. Confirm that you have read and agreed to the Official Rules. Submit a descriptive summary of the entry of 1,000 words or less and a working URL with clear instructions for accessing the entry. Submit entries to https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/chronicling-america-historic-american-newspapers-data-challenge/, between October 28, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. EDT and June 15, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. Amount of the Prize NEH will award winning entries $5,000 for First Prize, $3,000 for Second Prize, and $2,000 for Third Prize. NEH may award up to three separate K-12 Student Prizes of $1,000 each. In addition to cash prizes, NEH will invite the winners of the competition to NEH in Washington, DC, to present their work at the National Digital Newspaper Program Annual Meeting and to be honored at the Chronicling America reception given by NEH in September, 2016. NEH will reimburse winners up to $1,500 for authorized travel expenses. For winning team entries, NEH will reimburse travel expenses for only one person from the team. This person will be the contact person listed on the entry form. If this person is not available, he or she must designate a replacement from the team. Only persons listed on the original entry form may have their travel expenses reimbursed by NEH. All other persons accompanying the winner/team representative must arrange and fund their own travel and accommodations. Awards and travel expense reimbursements may be subject to federal income taxes, and NEH will comply with the Internal Revenue Service withholding and reporting requirements, where applicable. Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be Selected NEH staff will review entries, and will send the top submissions to a panel of expert judges. NEH will select a judging panel consisting of three outside experts, chosen for their achievements in the humanities and digital humanities. Judges will be fair and impartial. A judge may not have a familial or financial relationship with an individual who is a registered contestant in the competition. Judges will fully comply with all applicable government ethics requirements for federal employees. NEH staff and judges will use the following criteria to judge the submitted entries: 1. Strong humanities content. Entries must address a subject or idea in the humanities. NEH interprets the humanities broadly, including history, language, linguistics, literature, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, comparative religion, ethics, art history, and the humanistic social sciences. 2. Impact and use of data. NEH will judge entries on creative selection of data, exploration of questions in the humanities for which big data provides insight, and/or innovative techniques for data use. Entries should uncover trends, display insights, explore a theme, or tell a story. 3. Originality. While entrants are welcome to use existing software or tools, as well as other datasets, to create their projects, NEH will judge entries on originality, meaning the novelty of approach using data to address a humanities theme. 4. User appeal and clarity. Because NEH and the Library of Congress will promote winning entries to showcase the many uses for Chronicling America data, projects should be easily understood by a general public audience. The judging panel will judge the submissions to advise representatives of NEH, who will choose the final winning entries. All judging will take place between on or about June 15, 2016, and on or about July 15, 2016. For questions or further information, please see the contact information listed above. Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719. Dated: October 23, 2015. Margaret F. Plympton, Deputy Chair. [FR Doc. 2015-27445 Filed 10-27-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7536-01-P
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I hereby certify that the Museum; 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd.; NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
aforementioned determinations were Yorba Linda, CA. You must send any ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
issued during the period of August 25, written petition asserting a legal or
2015 through September 11, 2015. constitutional right or privilege that Announcement of Chronicling
These determinations are available on would prevent or limit public access to America: Historic American
the Department’s Web site the materials by mail to The Archivist Newspapers Data Challenge
www.tradeact/taa/taa_search_form.cfm of the United States; National Archives AGENCY: National Endowment for the
under the searchable listing of and Records Administration; 8601 Humanities.
determinations or by calling the Office Adelphi Rd.; College Park, MD 20740–
of Trade Adjustment Assistance toll free ACTION: Notice.
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at 888–365–6822. SUMMARY: The National Endowment for
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of the Humanities (NEH) announces the
October 2015. Jason Schultz, Richard Nixon Chronicling America: Historic American
Hope D. Kinglock, Presidential Library and Museum, by Newspapers Data Challenge under
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment telephone at 714–983–9292, or by email Section 105 of the America COMPETES
Assistance. at jason.schultz@nara.gov. Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Pub. L.
[FR Doc. 2015–27452 Filed 10–27–15; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 111–358). This challenge encourages the
BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P Researchers must have a NARA creation of web-based tools, data
researcher card to view the materials; visualizations, and other creative uses of
you may obtain one when you arrive at the information found in the
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS the Library. Chronicling America historic newspaper
ADMINISTRATION database.
Description of Materials DATES: Competition begins on October
[NARA–2016–002] 28, 2015, and ends June 15, 2016. NEH
We are making the following
will announce a winner on or about July
Nixon Presidential Historical Materials: materials available through this notice:
15, 2016, unless it extends the term of
Opening of Materials 1. Previously restricted textual the competition as provided in this
AGENCY: National Archives and Records materials. Volume: 1 cubic foot. A notice.
Administration. number of textual materials previously
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
ACTION: Notice of opening of additional withheld from public access have been Leah Weinryb Grohsgal, Senior Program
materials. reviewed for release or declassified Officer and NDNP Program Coordinator,
under the systematic declassification Division of Preservation and Access,
SUMMARY: The Richard Nixon review provisions and under the National Endowment for the
Presidential Library and Museum (a mandatory review provisions of Humanities, (202) 606–8577, or
NARA division) is opening additional Executive Order 13526, the Freedom of lgrohsgal@neh.gov.
Nixon Presidential Historical Materials Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), or in
for public access. These materials SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
accordance with 36 CFR 1275.56 (Public
include select White House Central access regulations). The materials are Subject of the Competition
Files: Subject Files and previously from integral file segments for the
restricted materials from the National How can you use open data to explore
National Security Council (NSC Files) history? NEH invites members of the
Security Council (NSC Files) and the and the Henry A. Kissinger (HAK)
Henry A. Kissinger (HAK) Office Files. public to produce creative web-based
Office Files. projects demonstrating the potential for
In accordance with section 104 of Title
I of the Presidential Recordings and 2. White House Central Files: Subject using the data found in the Chronicling
Materials Preservation Act (PRMPA, 44 Files: Volume: 42 cubic feet. The White America Web site, available at http://
U.S.C. 2111 note) and § 1275.42(b) of House Central Files Unit is a permanent chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. Chronicling
the regulations implementing the Act organization within the White House America is a Web site providing access
(36 CFR part 1275), we have identified, complex that maintains a central filing to digitized U.S. newspapers and to
inventoried, and prepared these and retrieval system for the records of information about historic newspapers.
additional textual materials for public the President and his staff. The Subject The National Digital Newspaper
access with certain information redacted Files are based on an alphanumeric file Program (NDNP), a joint effort between
as required by law. scheme of 61 primary subject categories. NEH and the Library of Congress,
produces the site. Visit the Chronicling
DATES: The materials described in this Through this notice, we are making the
America Web site at http://
notice will be available to the public on following subject categories from FG
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. For more
Monday, November 30, 2015, beginning (Federal Government-Organizations)
about the humanities, visit the NEH
at 9:30 a.m. PDT (12:30 p.m. EDT). available: Web site at www.neh.gov.
In accordance with 36 CFR 1275.44, FG 6–11 White House Office What are we looking for? NEH
any person who believes it necessary to FG 6–11–1 White House Staff encourages contestants to develop data
file a claim of legal right or privilege visualizations, web-based tools, or other
concerning access to these materials Dated: October 21, 2015.
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innovative and interesting web-based
must notify the Archivist of the United David S. Ferriero,
projects using the open data found in
States in writing of the claimed right, Archivist of the United States. Chronicling America. There are over ten
privilege, or defense by November 27, [FR Doc. 2015–27339 Filed 10–27–15; 8:45 am] million pages of digitized newspapers in
2015. BILLING CODE 7515–01–P Chronicling America, published
ADDRESSES: The materials will be between 1836 and 1922, from towns and
available for viewing at the Richard cities across the United States. The
Nixon Presidential Library and newspapers illuminate 19th and 20th
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Process for Contestants To Register for expense reimbursements may be subject Dated: October 23, 2015.
the Competition to federal income taxes, and NEH will Margaret F. Plympton,
NEH will accept submissions only comply with the Internal Revenue Deputy Chair.
through challenge.gov. Service withholding and reporting [FR Doc. 2015–27445 Filed 10–27–15; 8:45 am]
1. Create an account on https:// requirements, where applicable. BILLING CODE 7536–01–P
www.challenge.gov/challenge/ Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be
chronicling-america-historic-american- Selected
newspapers-data-challenge/ or log in NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
with an existing ChallengePost account. NEH staff will review entries, and will BOARD
2. On https://www.challenge.gov/ send the top submissions to a panel of
challenge/chronicling-america-historic- expert judges. NEH will select a judging Amendment of Statement of
american-newspapers-data-challenge/, panel consisting of three outside Organization and Functions;
click ‘‘Accept this challenge’’ to register experts, chosen for their achievements Restructuring of National Labor
your interest in participating. This step in the humanities and digital Relations Board’s Field Organization
ensures that you will receive important humanities. Judges will be fair and AGENCY: National Labor Relations
competition updates. impartial. A judge may not have a Board.
3. After you sign up on https:// familial or financial relationship with
www.challenge.gov/challenge/ ACTION: Notice of administrative change
an individual who is a registered in status of the Des Moines, Iowa
chronicling-america-historic-american- contestant in the competition. Judges
newspapers-data-challenge/, the Web Resident Office (Region 18) of the
will fully comply with all applicable National Labor Relations Board, which
site will send a confirmation email to
government ethics requirements for will be closed and the area will be
the email address you provided. Use the
federal employees. served by agents working from other
confirmation email to verify your email
address. As a registered contestant, you NEH staff and judges will use the locations.
will then be able to enter the following criteria to judge the submitted
SUMMARY: The National Labor Relations
competition by submitting an entries: Board is closing its Des Moines, Iowa
application that conforms to the 1. Strong humanities content. Entries Resident Office because it has
requirements set forth herein. must address a subject or idea in the determined that closing the office and
4. Confirm that you have read and humanities. NEH interprets the serving the area with agents working at
agreed to the Official Rules. Submit a humanities broadly, including history, other locations, will result in significant
descriptive summary of the entry of language, linguistics, literature, savings while continuing to effectively
1,000 words or less and a working URL jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, serve the area currently served by this
with clear instructions for accessing the comparative religion, ethics, art history, office.
entry. Submit entries to https:// and the humanistic social sciences. DATES: Effective Date: The change
www.challenge.gov/challenge/
2. Impact and use of data. NEH will announced above with respect to the
chronicling-america-historic-american-
judge entries on creative selection of Des Moines, Iowa office will be effective
newspapers-data-challenge/, between
data, exploration of questions in the November 30, 2015.
October 28, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. EDT and
June 15, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. humanities for which big data provides FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary
insight, and/or innovative techniques Shinners, Executive Secretary, 1015
Amount of the Prize for data use. Entries should uncover Half Street SE., Washington, DC 20570.
NEH will award winning entries trends, display insights, explore a Telephone: (202) 273–1067.
$5,000 for First Prize, $3,000 for Second theme, or tell a story. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Prize, and $2,000 for Third Prize. NEH 3. Originality. While entrants are National Labor Relations Board has
may award up to three separate K–12 welcome to use existing software or decided to close its Des Moines, Iowa
Student Prizes of $1,000 each. In Resident Office. This change is
tools, as well as other datasets, to create
addition to cash prizes, NEH will invite prompted by an examination of the
their projects, NEH will judge entries on
the winners of the competition to NEH staffing, caseloads, and rental and
originality, meaning the novelty of
in Washington, DC, to present their operating costs for the Des Moines office
approach using data to address a
work at the National Digital Newspaper which has been occupied by only one
Program Annual Meeting and to be humanities theme. investigator for more than four years.
honored at the Chronicling America 4. User appeal and clarity. Because One of the two other non-investigative
reception given by NEH in September, NEH and the Library of Congress will staff members assigned to the Des
2016. NEH will reimburse winners up to promote winning entries to showcase Moines office has transferred to another
$1,500 for authorized travel expenses. the many uses for Chronicling America National Labor Board office and another
For winning team entries, NEH will data, projects should be easily has retired. Because of the declining
reimburse travel expenses for only one understood by a general public case intake in this area, it is not
person from the team. This person will audience. expected that additional employees
be the contact person listed on the entry The judging panel will judge the would be added to this office in the
form. If this person is not available, he submissions to advise representatives of foreseeable future. Employees from the
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or she must designate a replacement Agency’s Minneapolis and Milwaukee
NEH, who will choose the final winning
from the team. Only persons listed on offices will continue to perform the
entries. All judging will take place
the original entry form may have their same work the sole investigator
between on or about June 15, 2016, and
travel expenses reimbursed by NEH. All performs now, and will travel to
on or about July 15, 2016. For questions
other persons accompanying the locations in Iowa on an as-needed basis.
winner/team representative must or further information, please see the This revision is nonsubstantive or
arrange and fund their own travel and contact information listed above. merely procedural in nature. The Board
accommodations. Awards and travel Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719. expects no adverse impact on the
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| Dates | Competition begins on October 28, 2015, and ends June 15, 2016. NEH will announce a winner on or about July 15, 2016, unless it extends the term of the competition as provided in this notice. | |
| Contact | Leah Weinryb Grohsgal, Senior Program Officer and NDNP Program Coordinator, Division of Preservation and Access, National Endowment for the Humanities, (202) 606-8577, or [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 66048 |
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