81 FR 17458 - Government-Wide Earth Day Hackathon, April 22, 2016
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 60 (March 29, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 60 (March 29, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 17458-17460] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-07032] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION [Notice-ID-2016-01; Docket No. 2016-0002; Sequence No. 6] Government-Wide Earth Day Hackathon, April 22, 2016 AGENCY: Innovative Technologies and 18F (OCSIT/18F), Office of Citizen Services, General Services Administration (GSA). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce a software programming and data innovation competition hosted by GSA's, Office of Citizen Services, Innovative Technologies and 18F (OCSIT/18F). GSA's OCSIT/18F Organization will be partnering with the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the General Services Administration (GSA), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the United States Forest Service (USFS) to present a Government-wide Earth Day Hackathon, on Friday, April 22, 2016. OCSIT/18F is inviting coders, developers, designers, engineers, data scientists, and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from industry, academia, and the federal government to participate. GSA, along with the agencies listed above, will present green and sustainable projects for participants to work on. The competition details can be viewed at http://open.gsa.gov/EarthDayHackathon/. Participants will be competing on teams to develop smart technology solutions in the form of an application, application programming interface (API), web/mobile application, data mashup, etc., that have the capability to provide the federal government with key insights pertaining to data. DATES: Online registration for this event will open on March 29, 2016, and will close Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). The competition will be open on Friday, April 22, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST); on-site registration at GSA will begin at 8:00 a.m. (EST). ADDRESSES: Registration: Registration for this event will be accomplished online at the following link: http://open.gsa.gov/EarthDayHackathon/. The event space is limited to the first 200 people; once registration is complete, participants will receive a confirmation email. Event Location: GSA Headquarters, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. A government-issued ID shall be required to gain access into the building. All participants must enter through the main entrance located on 1800 F Street NW. FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Cindy A. Smith at [email protected] or 816-823-5291. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose: In this competition, participants are asked to develop a technology-driven solution using publicly available data that allows an agency to identify opportunities for improvements and transparency. As such, the Federal Government challenges the participants to create a solution using the data provided. Electronic links to publicly available datasets will be provided through the competition details Web page. Details of Challenge: Participants will be asked to design and create a digital interactive solution that utilizes federal data collected. The solutions should not simply be analysis tools that tell what is already known; rather, they should be forward-thinking solutions that enhance transparency. The solution should be a data-driven solution to provide meaningful insights that can help drive smarter decisions by federal employees. The ultimate goal is to help federal agencies use data to identify opportunities for improvements, share data with other federal agencies, and become more transparent to the American public. The solution should-- 1. Visually display or transmit data in a way that will enhance the way federal government works; and 2. Identify relationships through the analysis of the data, if they exist, while providing valuable insights that could be gained through improved data collection efforts. Predetermined teams (consisting of 5 individuals) are welcome to include a stand-alone or mix of private industry, academia, and eligible individuals. Cash prizes will be awarded to the best projects. Data: Participants will be provided all final project ideas, existing code, and publicly available datasets in advance of the event. Event information will be posted on the event page at, http://open.gsa.gov/EarthDayHackathon/, and will be updated as necessary. Projects: Hackathon Projects may include the following:CEQ Challenges: 1. Create a visual dashboard on sustainable purchasing, by agency, using data captured in the government-wide procurement system. 2. Create a Web site and/or app that allows federal agencies and/or the public user, if appropriate, to assess whether or not their property is located in an area of wildfire risk. EPA's Challenges: 1. Develop a method to identify fraudulent reporting to the EPA using Benford's law of statistical probability. 2. Develop a mobile app that improves environmental awareness through the use of geo-fences. 3. Develop code that can be deployed on Android and iOS mobile apps that displays UV Index Forecast information specific to a defined beach. 4. Develop improved data visualizations or a consolidated dashboard associated with the climate change indicator data. GSA's Challenges: 1. Create a browser extension or add-on (for IE or Chrome) that allows users to determine whether the product they are viewing meets federal and agency sustainability requirements. 2. Develop a streamlined management tool to help teams collaborate and incorporate sustainability into any building project. 3. Build an app that allows a user to take a photo of products, building materials, and systems and receive green tips and sustainable purchasing information. 4. Create a phone application (Android or iOS) that allows a user to scan a barcode, or lookup a product, and then notifies the user if the product meets the latest sustainability requirements. [[Page 17459]] NIST Challenge: Create an environmentally-friendly product selection Web Interface API. NOAA Challenges: 1. Create an API, browser extension or addon (for IE or Chrome) that allows users to compute their custom normals from NOAA's records of surface temperature and precipitation. 2. Create an API or tool that allows users to easily find Next- Generation Radar (NEXRAD) data on Amazon AWS 33. 3. Create an app, browser extension or add-on (for IE or Chrome) that allows users to visualize and/or compute on NOAA's current Multi- Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS). USDA Challenge: Develop methods to present and compare performance on energy and water use in Forest Service facilities. USFS Challenge: Develop a prototype of a tool available on the web or as a phone app, that allows users to quickly and easily access shade scores for any neighborhood in the United States. Eligibility for Challenge: Eligibility to participate in the Government-wide Earth Day Hackathon and win a prize is limited to entities/individuals-- 1. That have registered to participate in the competition and complied with the rules of the competition as explained in this posting; and 2. That have been incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United States. In the case of an individual, whether participating singly or in a group, the participant must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States. Participants may not be a federal entity or federal employee acting within the scope of employment. However, an individual or entity shall not be deemed ineligible to win prize money 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. Participants 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 arose through negligence or otherwise. Entrants are not required to obtain liability insurance or demonstrate financial responsibility in order to participate in this Hackathon. As the Federal Government is under a strict duty not to give preferential treatment to any private organization or individual, participants must agree to take diligent care to avoid the appearance of Federal Government endorsement of competition participation and submission. Participants must agree not to refer to the Federal Government's use of their submission (be it product or service) in any commercial advertising or similar promotions in a manner that could reasonably imply (in the judgment of a reasonable person) that the GSA or the Federal Government endorses, prefers, sponsors, or has an affiliation with participants' products or services. Participants agree that GSA's trademarks, logos, service marks, trade names, or the fact that GSA awarded a prize to a participant, shall not be used by the participant to imply direct GSA endorsement of participant or participant's submission. Both participants and GSA may list the other party's name in a publicly available customer or other list so long as the name is not displayed in a more prominent fashion than any other third-party name. Prizes: GSA may award prizes of no more than $1,000 to each member of a winning team (3 teams total). GSA is not required to award all prizes if the judges determine that a smaller number of entries meet the scope and requirements laid out for this competition, or if the agency only plans to use code from a smaller number of entries. Funding for the Government-wide Earth Day Hackathon award will come from GSA. Prizes will be awarded to each member of a winning team via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), within 60 days of announcing the winner(s). Requirements: The final solution should be open source code and placed on a GSA site to be specified to participants the day of the event. ``Open source'' refers to a program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design free of charge. In order to be Open Source Initiative Certified, the solution must meet the following ten criteria: 1. The author or holder of the license of the source code cannot collect royalties on the distribution of the program. 2. The distributed program must make the source code accessible to the user. 3. The author must allow modifications and derivations of the work under the program's original name. 4. No person, group, or field of endeavor can be denied access to the program. 5. The rights attached to the program must not depend on the program being part of a particular software distribution. 6. The licensed software cannot place restrictions on other software that is distributed with it. 7. The solution must be an online, interactive solution that meets the goals and objectives provided in this document. 8. The solution must include documentation of all data sources used. 9. The solution must include a description of how the solution can be updated with additional data from other agencies. 10. The solver must provide recommendations to enhance government insights through improvements in data collection. The winner(s) of the competition will, in consideration of the prize(s) to be awarded, grant to GSA a perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use any and all intellectual property to the winning entry for any governmental purpose, including the right to permit such use by any other agency or agencies of the Federal Government. All other rights of the winning entrant will be retained by the winner of the competition. Scope: Any federal data and information that is publicly available is included in the scope of this challenge. Final project ideas, existing code, and public datasets will be provided in advance of the event. Judges: There will be a panel of judges, each with expertise in government-wide policy, information technology, and/or acquisition. Judges will award a score to each submission. The winner(s) of the competition will be decided based on the highest average overall score. Judges will only participate in judging submissions for which they do not have any conflicts of interest. Judging Criteria: Each solution will be assessed based on technical competence and capabilities, use of data to provide effective outcomes, creativity/innovation, and valuable information and insights. Submissions will be judged based on the following metrics-- Technical Competence and Capabilities/Weight 50% The solution addresses the primary goals of the Hackathon. It is a finished product that can provide insightful analysis and show the Federal Governmentgovernment how to [[Page 17460]] enhance/improve existing functions, share data across federal agencies and more efficiently utilize existing applications. Use of Data To Provide Effective Outcomes/Weight 20% The solution displays in a way that is easy to understand, visually appealing, and will help drive understanding of current trends as well as recommendations. Creativity/Innovation/Weight 10% The solution exceeds any internal capability that GSA has for analysis of data through its incorporation of creative design elements and innovative capabilities. Valuable Information & Insights Regarding Data/Weight 20% The solver provides recommendations for additional data elements to be collected by the Federal Government. The solver identifies gaps in the data and utilizes external data sources and research to aid the government in setting future data collection policies. Challenge Objectives: Utilize data to create an application, API, and/or data mashup. Provide a better understanding of use and needs of current and future data assets. Post all open source solutions on the GSA open source code site for future use by the Federal Government developer community and GSA. All participants are required to check in with Security upon arriving at the GSA Central Office Building. Follow the posted signs to the Conference Center, Rooms 1459, 1460, and 1461. All participants must sign the document titled: Gratuitous Service Agreement. Dated: March 23, 2016. Kris Rowley, Director, Enterprise Information & Data Mgmt. Ofc. [FR Doc. 2016-07032 Filed 3-28-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820-34-P
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Bancorp, Inc., Employee Stock viewed at http://open.gsa.gov/EarthDay 1. Visually display or transmit data in
Ownership Plan and Trust, both in Hackathon/. a way that will enhance the way federal
Morton, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent Participants will be competing on government works; and
of the voting shares of Trivoli Bancorp, teams to develop smart technology 2. Identify relationships through the
Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire solutions in the form of an application, analysis of the data, if they exist, while
voting shares of Heritage Bank of application programming interface providing valuable insights that could
Central Illinois, both in Trivoli, Illinois. (API), web/mobile application, data be gained through improved data
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas mashup, etc., that have the capability to collection efforts.
(Robert L. Triplett III, Senior Vice provide the federal government with Predetermined teams (consisting of 5
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, key insights pertaining to data. individuals) are welcome to include a
Dallas, Texas 75201–2272: DATES: Online registration for this event stand-alone or mix of private industry,
1. County Bancshares, Inc., Orange, will open on March 29, 2016, and will academia, and eligible individuals. Cash
Texas; to become a bank holding close Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at 11:59 prizes will be awarded to the best
company by acquiring 100 percent of p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). The projects.
the voting shares of First Live Oak competition will be open on Friday, Data: Participants will be provided all
Bancshares, Inc., and First State Bank, April 22, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 final project ideas, existing code, and
both in Three Rivers, Texas. p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST); on- publicly available datasets in advance of
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve site registration at GSA will begin at the event. Event information will be
System, March 24, 2016. 8:00 a.m. (EST). posted on the event page at, http://open.
Michael J. Lewandowski, ADDRESSES: Registration: Registration gsa.gov/EarthDayHackathon/, and will
for this event will be accomplished be updated as necessary.
Associate Secretary of the Board.
online at the following link: http://open. Projects: Hackathon Projects may
[FR Doc. 2016–07058 Filed 3–28–16; 8:45 am]
gsa.gov/EarthDayHackathon/. include the following:
BILLING CODE 6210–01–P
The event space is limited to the first • CEQ Challenges:
1. Create a visual dashboard on
200 people; once registration is
sustainable purchasing, by agency,
complete, participants will receive a
GENERAL SERVICES using data captured in the government-
confirmation email.
ADMINISTRATION wide procurement system.
Event Location: GSA Headquarters,
[Notice-ID–2016–01; Docket No. 2016–0002; 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 2. Create a Web site and/or app that
Sequence No. 6] 20405. A government-issued ID shall be allows federal agencies and/or the
required to gain access into the public user, if appropriate, to assess
Government-Wide Earth Day building. All participants must enter whether or not their property is located
Hackathon, April 22, 2016 through the main entrance located on in an area of wildfire risk.
• EPA’s Challenges:
AGENCY: Innovative Technologies and 1800 F Street NW.
1. Develop a method to identify
18F (OCSIT/18F), Office of Citizen FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Cindy A. fraudulent reporting to the EPA using
Services, General Services Smith at cindya.smith@gsa.gov or 816– Benford’s law of statistical probability.
Administration (GSA). 823–5291. 2. Develop a mobile app that
ACTION: Notice. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: improves environmental awareness
Purpose: In this competition, through the use of geo-fences.
SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is participants are asked to develop a 3. Develop code that can be deployed
to announce a software programming technology-driven solution using on Android and iOS mobile apps that
and data innovation competition hosted publicly available data that allows an displays UV Index Forecast information
by GSA’s, Office of Citizen Services, agency to identify opportunities for specific to a defined beach.
Innovative Technologies and 18F improvements and transparency. As 4. Develop improved data
(OCSIT/18F). GSA’s OCSIT/18F such, the Federal Government visualizations or a consolidated
Organization will be partnering with the challenges the participants to create a dashboard associated with the climate
White House Council on Environmental solution using the data provided. change indicator data.
Quality (CEQ), the United States Electronic links to publicly available • GSA’s Challenges:
Environmental Protection Agency datasets will be provided through the 1. Create a browser extension or add-
(EPA), the General Services competition details Web page. on (for IE or Chrome) that allows users
Administration (GSA), the National Details of Challenge: Participants will to determine whether the product they
Institute of Standards and Technology be asked to design and create a digital are viewing meets federal and agency
(NIST), the National Oceanic and interactive solution that utilizes federal sustainability requirements.
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), data collected. The solutions should not 2. Develop a streamlined management
the United States Department of simply be analysis tools that tell what tool to help teams collaborate and
Agriculture (USDA), and the United is already known; rather, they should be incorporate sustainability into any
States Forest Service (USFS) to present forward-thinking solutions that enhance building project.
a Government-wide Earth Day transparency. 3. Build an app that allows a user to
Hackathon, on Friday, April 22, 2016. The solution should be a data-driven take a photo of products, building
OCSIT/18F is inviting coders, solution to provide meaningful insights materials, and systems and receive
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developers, designers, engineers, data that can help drive smarter decisions by green tips and sustainable purchasing
scientists, and Subject Matter Experts federal employees. The ultimate goal is information.
(SMEs) from industry, academia, and to help federal agencies use data to 4. Create a phone application
the federal government to participate. identify opportunities for (Android or iOS) that allows a user to
GSA, along with the agencies listed improvements, share data with other scan a barcode, or lookup a product, and
above, will present green and federal agencies, and become more then notifies the user if the product
sustainable projects for participants to transparent to the American public. meets the latest sustainability
work on. The competition details can be The solution should— requirements.
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enhance/improve existing functions, ACTION: Notice. consideration, comments and
share data across federal agencies and recommendations must be submitted in
more efficiently utilize existing SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & any one of the following ways:
applications. Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing 1. Electronically. You may send your
an opportunity for the public to comments electronically to http://
Use of Data To Provide Effective comment on an information collection
Outcomes/Weight 20% www.regulations.gov. Follow the
concerning CMS’ Healthy Indiana instructions for ‘‘Comment or
The solution displays in a way that is Program (HIP) 2.0 Beneficiaries Survey. Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’
easy to understand, visually appealing, We are also announcing that the to find the information collection
and will help drive understanding of proposed information collection had document(s) that are accepting
current trends as well as been submitted to OMB and was comments.
recommendations. approved under control number 0938–
2. By regular mail. You may mail
1300 through September 30, 2016. In
Creativity/Innovation/Weight 10% written comments to the following
accordance with the implementing
address: CMS, Office of Strategic
The solution exceeds any internal regulations of the Paperwork Reduction
Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
capability that GSA has for analysis of Act of 1995 (PRA) at 5 CFR 1320.13, our
Division of Regulations Development,
data through its incorporation of information collection request (ICR) was
Attention: CMS–10615/OMB Control
creative design elements and innovative submitted to OMB for emergency
Number 0938–1300, Room C4–26–05,
capabilities. processing. We requested emergency
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Valuable Information & Insights review under 5 CFR 1320.13(a)(2)(i)
Maryland 21244–1850.
Regarding Data/Weight 20% because public harm is reasonably likely
To obtain copies of a supporting
to result if the normal clearance
The solver provides recommendations statement and any related forms for the
procedures were followed.
for additional data elements to be Following the regular PRA clearance proposed collection(s) summarized in
collected by the Federal Government. process would jeopardize the timely this notice, you may make your request
The solver identifies gaps in the data completion of CMS’ evaluation of the using one of following:
and utilizes external data sources and State’s upcoming non-emergency 1. Access CMS’ Web site address at
research to aid the government in medical transportation (NEMT) waiver http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Paperwork
setting future data collection policies. and other important waivers. Most ReductionActof1995.
Challenge Objectives: importantly, it would potentially cause 2. Email your request, including your
• Utilize data to create an application, significant harm by depriving Medicaid address, phone number, OMB number,
API, and/or data mashup. beneficiaries—especially those affected and CMS document identifier, to
• Provide a better understanding of Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov.
by the NEMT waiver—of appropriate
use and needs of current and future data 3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at
medical services and needed care.
assets. (410) 786–1326.
Although we have already received
• Post all open source solutions on
the GSA open source code site for future
OMB approval to test and develop the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
survey instruments, we are soliciting Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786–
use by the Federal Government
public comment during the testing and 1326.
developer community and GSA.
development phase to meet the
All participants are required to check SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
in with Security upon arriving at the conditions of OMB’s Terms of
GSA Central Office Building. Follow the Clearance. Importantly, CMS will Contents
posted signs to the Conference Center, provide the public with another
opportunity to comment, via a 30-day This notice sets out a summary of the
Rooms 1459, 1460, and 1461. use and burden associated with the
All participants must sign the public comment period, prior to the
implementation phase of this effort. following ICR. More detailed
document titled: Gratuitous Service information can be found in the
Agreement. Under the PRA, federal agencies are
required to publish notice in the collection’s supporting statement and
Dated: March 23, 2016. Federal Register concerning each associated materials (see ADDRESSES).
Kris Rowley, proposed ICR. Interested persons are CMS–10615 Healthy Indiana Program
Director, Enterprise Information & Data invited to send comments regarding our (HIP) 2.0 Beneficiaries Survey
Mgmt. Ofc. burden estimates or any other aspect of
[FR Doc. 2016–07032 Filed 3–28–16; 8:45 am] this ICR, including any of the following Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–
BILLING CODE 6820–34–P subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of 3520), federal agencies must obtain
the proposed ICR for the proper approval from the Office of Management
performance of the agency’s functions; and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND (2) the accuracy of the estimated information they conduct or sponsor.
HUMAN SERVICES burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is
utility, and clarity of the information to defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid be collected; and (4) the use of 1320.3(c) and includes agency requests
Services automated collection techniques or or requirements that members of the
other forms of information technology to public submit reports, keep records, or
[Document Identifier: CMS–10615]
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minimize the information collection provide information to a third party. In
compliance with the requirement of
Emergency Clearance: Public burden.
section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, we
Information Collection Requirements DATES: Comments must be received by submitted to OMB the following
Submitted to the Office of Management April 8, 2016. requirements for emergency approval.
and Budget (OMB)
ADDRESSES: When commenting, please OMB approved the emergency ICR on
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & reference the document identifier or March 21, 2016, with an expiration date
Medicaid Services, HHS. OMB control number. To be assured of September 30, 2016.
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| Dates | Online registration for this event will open on March 29, 2016, and will close Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). The competition will be open on Friday, April 22, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST); on-site registration at GSA will begin at 8:00 a.m. (EST). | |
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