82_FR_19809 82 FR 19728 - Announcement of Requirements and Registration for Healthy Behavior Challenge

82 FR 19728 - Announcement of Requirements and Registration for Healthy Behavior Challenge

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 81 (April 28, 2017)

Page Range19728-19732
FR Document2017-08778

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the launch of the Healthy Behavior Data Challenge. The Healthy Behavior Data Challenge responds to the call for new ways to address the challenges and limitations of self-reported health surveillance information and tap into the potential of innovative data sources and alternative methodologies for public health surveillance. Challenge participants will propose data sources and approaches for aggregating data from wearable devices, mobile applications and/or social media in the areas of nutrition, physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and/or sleep. Conducted in two phases, Phase I (Prototype Development) entails Challenge participants developing a concept proposal for obtaining data collected from wearable devices, mobile applications and/or social media for public health surveillance purposes. In Phase II (Prototype Implementation), a subset of submissions (up to 3) with promising concepts will be invited to test their proposed approaches for ongoing public health surveillance.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Announcement of Requirements and Registration for Healthy 
Behavior Challenge

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

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 Healthy Behavior Data Challenge. The Healthy Behavior 
Data Challenge responds to the call for new ways to address the 
challenges and limitations of self-reported health surveillance 
information and tap into the potential of innovative data sources and 
alternative methodologies for public health surveillance. Challenge 
participants will propose data sources and approaches for aggregating 
data from wearable devices, mobile applications and/or social media in 
the areas of nutrition, physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and/or 
sleep. Conducted in two phases, Phase I (Prototype Development) entails 
Challenge participants developing a concept proposal for obtaining data 
collected from wearable devices, mobile applications and/or social 
media for public health surveillance purposes. In Phase II (Prototype 
Implementation), a subset of submissions (up to 3) with promising 
concepts will be invited to test their proposed approaches for ongoing 
public health surveillance.

DATES: The Challenge is effective April 28, 2017 and will conclude 
December 31, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Machell Town, National Center for 
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE., MS F-78, Chamblee, 
Georgia 30341; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Award Approving Official: Anne Schuchat, MD, (RADM, USPHS) Acting 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Acting 
Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
    The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the 
nation's premier system of health-related telephone surveys that 
collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related 
risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive 
services. Established in 1984 with 15 states, BRFSS now collects data 
in all 50 states as well as the District of

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Columbia and three U.S. territories. BRFSS completes more than 400,000 
adult interviews each year, making it the largest continuously 
conducted health survey system in the world.
    The collection of health data through traditional surveillance 
modes including telephone and in-person interviewing, however, is 
becoming increasingly challenging and costly with declines in 
participation and changes in personal communications. In addition, the 
self-reported nature of responses particularly in the areas of 
nutrition, physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and sleep has been a 
major limitation in these surveillance systems, since self-reported 
data are subject to under/over reporting and recall bias. Meanwhile, 
the advent of new technologies and data sources including wearable 
devices (such as: Smart watches, activity trackers, sleep monitors, 
etc.), mobile health applications on smartphones or tablets, and data 
from social media represents an opportunity to enhance the ability to 
monitor health-related information and potentially adjust for 
methodological limitations in traditional self-reported data.
    The Healthy Behavior Data (HBD) Challenge will be conducted 
concurrently with a similar challenge proposed by the Public Health 
Agency of Canada. This will enable the two countries to learn from 
their respective challenges and leverage information. We expect 
increased efficiency with a dual challenge.
    Submissions will be accepted starting April 28, 2017. The 
submission period for phase I will end on July 31, 2017. The Phase II 
(Prototype Implementation) submission period will begin September 4, 
2017 and end December 31, 2017. The grand prize finalist is anticipated 
to be announced in February of 2018.
    Information on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System can 
be found at www.cdc.gov/brfss.

Subject of Challenge Competition

    The Healthy Behavior Data Challenge responds to the call for new 
ways to address the challenges and limitations of self-reported health 
surveillance information and tap into the potential of innovative data 
sources and alternative methodologies for public health surveillance.
    The Healthy Behavior Data (HBD) Challenge will support the 
development and implementation of prototypes to use these novel 
methodologies and data sources (e.g., wearable devices, mobile 
applications, and/or social media) to enhance traditional healthy 
behaviors surveillance systems in the areas of nutrition, physical 
activity, sedentary behaviors, and/or sleep among the adult population 
aged 18 years and older in the U.S. and U.S. territories.

Ideation Period

    The Challenge will launch as an ideation/open submission period in 
which eligible participants (outlined in Eligibility Rules) may 
register and submit an entry onto the Challenge Web site (https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/the-healthy-behavior-data-challenge/). 
Information about the Challenge and a link to the Challenge Web site 
can also be found at Challenge.gov. The 13-week ideation period will be 
followed by a 16-week resubmission period held for those who were 
chosen by the judges as semifinalists to further refine their idea. The 
Challenge Web site serves as the destination and submission portal. 
Participants may find the Challenge rules, eligibility criteria, 
evaluation criteria, additional resources, and the Challenge timeline 
on the Challenge Web site or at Challenge.gov.

Submission Requirements

    Entries not in compliance with the submission requirements outlined 
below will be ineligible for further review and prize award. During the 
open submission period, eligible participants may register and submit 
an entry onto the Challenge Web site, to include:

Phase I (Prototype Development)

    1. A completed HBD Challenge Submission Template describing the 
proposed project, project personnel and data sources.
    2. A PowerPoint or other visual presentation of the proposed 
project including purpose, methods and anticipated outcomes of the 
proposed approach, which could be used to present the proposal to a 
judging panel.
    3. A description of data that are anticipated to be captured by the 
proposed approach, comparability to the Behavioral Risk Factor 
Surveillance System (BRFSS), and, if applicable, descriptions of online 
app(s), web-based tools or communication devices used to recruit or 
track subjects' healthy behavior information.
    4. Proposal of a viable data source(s) from a currently available 
or a feasible future source (such as a proposed app or online tool). 
HBD Challenge participants may propose the use of public and/or private 
data sources, as long as respondent agrees to participate and the 
respondent confidentiality and privacy are maintained.
    5. A demonstration of how CDC would be able to access the data.
    6. A detailed outline of the information that will be obtained.
    7. A demonstration of how data will be extracted and collected: 
Present the format in which it will be stored.
    8. A description of how the new data source(s) could be linked with 
other data sources, in a statistically robust manner that could result 
in useful public health insights, citing statistical approaches and 
evidence to support the proposal.
    9. A focus on one or more behavioral factors including physical 
activity, sleep, sedentary behaviors, and/or nutrition.
    10. Information about the population reached and generalizability 
of the approach.
    11. A description of how data could be stratified by demographic 
characteristics (e.g. age, sex, education, geographic jurisdiction).
    12. An indication of how information gathered addresses some or all 
of the following common metrics in one or more of the healthy behavior 
topics below:
    a. Sleep:

i. Hours of sleep per night (sleep duration)
ii. Amount of time awake (sleep quality)
iii. Number of times awake (sleep quality)
iv. Number of adults reporting having trouble getting to and staying 
asleep
v. Time to fall asleep
vi. Amount of time in REM vs. non-REM sleep (duration of sleep stage)
vii. Heart rate
viii. Respiration
ix. Sleep behaviors such as snoring, sleep talking, and sleep movement

    b. Sedentary Behaviors:

i. Average number of hours per day spent sedentary, excluding sleep 
time
ii. Average number of hours per week spent on a computer/screen 
including watching TV, videos, playing computer games, emailing or 
using the internet
iii. Sedentary data with additional information on location (work, 
school, community, etc.) broken down by weekday and weekend day

    c. Nutrition:

i. Total calories consumed per day
ii. Consumption of fruit (not including juices) by day, week, or month
iii. Consumption of green leafy or lettuce salads, with or without 
other vegetables, by day, week, or month
iv. Consumption of vegetables (not including lettuce salads and 
potatoes) by day, week, or month
v. Number of sugar-sweetened beverages consumed by day, week, or month

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vi. Number of caffeinated drinks consumed by day, week, or month

    d. Physical activity:

i. Minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per day 
(ideally by location--work, school, in community)
ii. Daily number of steps
iii. Miles/km (Distance) on foot
iv. Number of days of physical activity/week or month (and established 
number of days in one month)
v. Minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per day 
(ideally by location--work, school, in community) broken down by week 
day and weekend day.
vi. Calories burned
vii. Type of activity (aerobic, strength, etc.)
viii. Active minutes
ix. Duration of exercise
x. Flights of stairs climbed
xi. Average and peak heart rate
xii. Occupational physical activity and active chores amount: (location 
of physical activity)
xiii. Number of hours of reported physical activities while at work, in 
or around household
xiv. Leisure time physical activity amount:
xv. # of hours per week adult participants spent in sports, fitness or 
recreational physical activities, organized or non-organized, that 
lasted a minimum of 10 continuous minutes
xvi. Number of adults reporting and time spent walking or cycling to 
work or school
    Participants may also choose to suggest additional metrics in the 
areas of nutrition, physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and/or 
sleep. If additional metrics are included, the participant should 
include a short description of the data and how it might inform public 
health efforts (such information and data will be collected in 
accordance with any applicable laws and regulations).

Phase II (Prototype Implementation Phase)

    During The Phase II Prototype Implementation Phase, the six 
submissions selected under Phase I will test their solutions, utilizing 
their previously collected data from 300 or more adults (aged 18 and 
above) residing in the U.S. or its territories. During this phase there 
will be an opportunity for HBD Challenge participants to incorporate 
data from existing surveys including the Behavioral Risk Factor 
Surveillance System (BRFSS).
    Phase II (Prototype Implementation) allows applicants to test 
proposals developed in Phase I. The prototype is a demonstration of 
possible methods for supplementing data from existing surveillance 
systems (such as the BRFSS). This prototype is not meant to be merged 
with existing surveillance systems, but rather to complement data 
collected with current infrastructures. At the end of implementation 
HBD Challenge participants should be able to:
    1. Compare data obtained by the prototype to data from the BRFSS in 
the areas of nutrition, physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and/or 
sleep.
    2. Demonstrate how data from the included participants could be 
stratified by demographics (age, sex, education, etc.).
    3. Demonstrate the ease of adding additional types of mobile 
applications and wearable devices to existing survey methodologies.
    4. Report that describes the prototype/methodology and the 
prototype's anticipated strengths and limitations for surveillance.
    5. Demonstrate the applicability of the non-traditional data 
source(s) for ongoing public health surveillance purposes.
    6. Describe the prototype in detail, including purpose, method, 
outcomes and comparability to data obtained from the Behavioral Risk 
Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
    7. Provide a working prototype including data (in Excel format) 
obtained using the prototype from 300 or more adult respondents 
residing in the U.S. or its territories. The data must include the age, 
gender, location, and at least one of the measures associated with the 
HBD Challenge in the areas of nutrition, physical activity, sedentary 
behaviors and/or sleep.
    8. Provide a PowerPoint presentation to the judges and invited CDC 
personnel which includes information on the purpose, methods, outcomes 
and comparability to the BRFSS.
    Submissions must be free of security threats and/or malware. 
Applicants/Contestants agree that CDC may conduct testing on the 
product/submission to determine whether malware or other security 
threats may be present. CDC may disqualify the product if, in CDC's 
judgment, the app may damage government or others' equipment or 
operating environment or if the app, in CDC's judgment, is inconsistent 
with CDC's public health mission, utilizes software or other 
technologies without appropriate licenses, or any other reason deemed 
necessary.

How To Enter

    Participants may enter by visiting healthdatachallenge.gov and 
challenge.gov and following the instructions for submission. The U.S. 
and Canadian challenges are being run in parallel and U.S. entrants 
should submit to this contest via challenge.gov and Canadian citizens 
to the Canadian contest found at healthdatachallenge.gov.

Eligibility Rules for Participating in the Competition

    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 the 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.
    (5) Shall not be an HHS employee working on their applications or 
submissions during assigned duty hours.
    (6) Are an individual or team comprised of members each of who are 
18 years of age or over.
    (7) Are not on the Excluded Parties List System located at 
www.sam.gov.
    Additionally:
    (a) Federal grantees may not use Federal funds to develop challenge 
applications unless consistent with the purpose of their grant award. 
Federal contractors may not use Federal funds from a contract to 
develop challenge applications or to fund efforts in support of a 
challenge submission.
    (b) Employees of CDC, and/or any other individual or entity 
associated with the development, evaluation, or administration of the 
Challenge as well as members of such persons' immediate families 
(spouses, children, siblings, parents), and persons living in the same 
household as such persons, whether or not related, are not eligible to 
participate in the Challenge.
    (c) 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.

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    (d) Applicants must 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 their participation in a competition, 
whether the injury, death, damage, or loss arises through negligence or 
otherwise.
    (e) A solution may be disqualified if it fails to function as 
expressed in the description provided by the user, or if it provides 
inaccurate or incomplete information.
    (f) CDC reserves the right to disqualify participants from the 
Challenge for inappropriate, derogatory, defamatory, or threatening 
comments or communication through the Challenge Web site or on the 
Challenge.gov Web site.
    (g) Submissions must be free of security threats and/or malware. 
Applicants/Contestants agree that CDC may conduct testing on the 
product/submission to determine whether malware or other security 
threats may be present. CDC may disqualify the product if, in CDC's 
judgment, the product may damage government or others' equipment or 
operating environment.
    (h) Applicants must obtain liability insurance or demonstrate 
financial responsibility in the amount of $0 for claims by: (1) A third 
party for death, bodily injury, or property damage, or loss resulting 
from an activity carried out in connection with participation in a 
competition, with the Federal Government named as an additional insured 
under the registered applicant's insurance policy and registered 
applicant's agreeing to indemnify the Federal Government against third 
party claims for damages arising from or related to competition 
activities; and (2) the Federal Government for damage or loss to 
Government property resulting from such an activity. Applicants who are 
a group must obtain insurance or demonstrate financial responsibility 
for all members of the group.
    (i) By participating in the Challenge, each Applicant agrees to 
comply with and abide by these Official Rules, Terms & Conditions and 
the decisions of the Federal Agency sponsors and/or the individual 
judges, which shall be final and binding in all respects.

Registration Process for Participants

    To register for this Challenge, participants can access https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/the-healthy-behavior-data-challenge/ 
anytime during the proposal submission period stated above to register.

Amount of the Prize

    In Phase I (Prototype Development), participants will compete for a 
$30,000 prize pot from which up to six teams or submissions will be 
selected to receive a $5000 prize each).
    In phase II, up to 3 participants will compete for a $70,000 prize 
pot. The following prizes will be awarded:

One First Place winner of $40,000
One Second Place winner of $20,000
One Third Place winner of $10,000
Three (3) winners will be notified via email.

Payment of the Prize

    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.

Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be Selected

    A review panel composed of subject-matter experts will judge 
eligible HBD Challenge entries. A judging panel will make final winner 
selections based upon the criteria outlined below and in compliance 
with the HHS Competition Judging Guidelines.

Phase I Scoring Criteria

    All Criteria are scaled 1-5, with 1 being the lowest score on each 
dimension and 5 being the highest score on each dimension. Scores are 
weighted by the proportion of each dimension and then aggregated to 
create a final score.

1. Efficacy of Prototype (20%)

    1 = Prototype is likely to not work in a way that is statistically 
appropriate/5 = Prototype is likely to successfully collect, and 
harmonize data, in a statistically robust manner, across multiple data 
sources to address common metrics.

2. Promise of Comparability to BRFSS Findings (20%)

    1 = Prototype does not consider stratification parameters, or 
applies to only a narrow population/5 = Prototype holds promise for 
capturing data that is valid, reliable, and representative of a large 
population.

3. Acceptability (15%)

    1 = All parties expressed concerns with data being used in terms of 
respondent privacy, feasibility and utility/5 = All parties involved 
are comfortable with data being used in terms of respondent privacy, 
feasibility and utility. NOTE: This means that federal and state 
restrictions on data collection and assurance of confidentiality are 
being respected. Any proposals that appear to violate the Privacy Act, 
HIPAA, and FERPA will be unacceptable. (Mandatory criteria; if not 
scored 5, prototype may be disqualified).

4. Innovation (15%)

    1 = Prototype duplicates existing approach/5 = Prototype presents a 
novel approach.

5. Feasibility of Prototype (15%)

    1 = Prototype is not feasible due to factors like cost, 
availability of data, etc./5 = Prototype is feasible and addresses 
potential implementation challenges by offering solutions.

6. Generalizability (10%)

    1 = Prototype is not generalizable to a range of data sources/5 = 
Prototype is generalizable to a range of data sources.

7. Breadth of Data Collected (Scope) (5%)

    1 = Prototype does not address required metrics, across the 
identified content area(s)/5 = Prototype includes required metrics.

Phase II Scoring Criteria

    All Criteria are scaled 1-5, with 1 being the lowest score on each 
dimension and 5 being the highest score on each dimension. Scores are 
weighted by the proportion of each dimension and then aggregated to 
create a final score. Judging criteria for Phase II include:

 Data quality (20%)

    1 = Prototype does not provide data that are likely to be valid or 
reliable or representative of a population/5 = Prototype provides data 
that demonstrate validity, reliability, and representativeness.

     Ability to complement BRFSS Findings (20%)

    1 = Prototype does not outline steps to complement BRFSS efforts/5 
= Prototype is provides data which can complement and/or supplement 
measures collected by the BRFSS or other publically available 
traditional surveillance systems.

     Validation of or Enhancement of existing national public 
health surveillance data (20%)

    1 = Prototype cannot be statistically aligned with currently 
available health data/5 = Prototype statistically aligns with available 
data across population sub-groups.

 Flexibility (10%)

    1 = Prototype does not demonstrate the ability to include 
additional types of

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data and data sources/5 = Prototype demonstrates flexibility in the 
ability to add different data types and data from additional sources.

 Simplicity (structure and ease of operation) (10%)

    1 = Prototype's structure and operation is complex/5 = Prototype's 
structure is clear and easy to implement; it is not burdensome on 
current systems.

 Resources for system operation (10%)

    1 = Prototype requires heavy resource burden in terms of cost, 
training, administration, infrastructure/5 = Prototype has low resource 
burden in terms of cost, training, administration, infrastructure.

 Timeliness (5%)

    1 = there is a significant gap in time between data collection and 
analysis/5 = there is a real-time monitoring through the collected 
data.

 Stratification by Demographics (5%)

    1 = Prototype is unable to stratify the data by key demographics/5 
= Prototype is able to stratify the data by age, sex, education, and 
race/ethnicity.

Additional Information

    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.
    Participants must also 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 my participation in this prize contest, 
whether the injury, death, damage, or loss arises through negligence or 
otherwise.
    Participants are required to obtain liability insurance or 
demonstrate financial responsibility in the amount of $0, for claims by 
a third party for death, bodily injury, or property damage, or loss 
resulting from an activity carried out in connection with participation 
in a challenge.
    Participants must also agree to indemnify the Federal Government 
against third party claims for damages arising from or related to HBD 
Challenge activities.
    CDC reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the HBD 
Challenge, or any part of it, for any reason, at CDC's sole discretion.

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.

Intellectual Property (IP) Rights

     Applicants are free to discuss their submission and the 
ideas or technologies that it contains with other parties; encouraged 
to share ideas/technologies publicly; encouraged to collaborate or 
combine with other teams to strengthen their solutions; and are free to 
contract with any third parties. Applicants should be aware that any 
agreement signed or obligation undertaken in regards to their 
participation in this HBD Challenge that conflicts with the HBD 
Challenge rules, terms and conditions may result in disqualification of 
the Applicant's submission.
     Upon submission, each Applicant warrants that he or she is 
the sole author and owner of the work and any pertinent Intellectual 
Property (IP) rights, that the work is wholly original of the Applicant 
(or is an improved version of an existing work that the Applicant has 
sufficient rights to use--including the substantial improvement of 
existing open-source work), and that it does not infringe any copyright 
or any other rights of any third party of which Applicant is aware. 
Each Applicant also warrants that the work is free of security threats 
and/or malware.
     Applicants retain ownership of the data that they develop 
and deliver under the scope of the HBD Challenge, including any 
software, research product, or other intellectual property (``IP'') 
that they develop in connection therewith. Applicants agree to grant a 
license to the Federal Agency sponsor (CDC) for the use of the IP 
developed in connection with the HBD Challenge as set forth herein.
     Each Applicant must clearly delineate any Intellectual 
Property (IP) and/or confidential commercial information contained in a 
submission that is owned by the Applicant, and which the Applicant 
wishes to protect as proprietary data.
     Upon completion of the HDB Challenge period, applicants 
consent to grant CDC an unlimited, non-exclusive, royalty-free, 
worldwide license and the right to reproduce, publically perform, 
publically display, and use the Submission, including, without 
limitation, for promotional purposes relating to the HBD Challenge.
     All materials submitted to CDC as part of a submission 
become CDC agency records. Any confidential commercial or financial 
information contained in a submission must be clearly designated at the 
time of submission.
     If the Submission includes any third party works (such as 
third party content or open source code), Applicant must be able to 
provide, upon request, documentation of all appropriate licenses and 
releases for use of such third party works. If Applicant cannot provide 
documentation of all required licenses and releases, Federal Agency 
sponsors reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to disqualify the 
Submission. Conversely, they may seek to secure the licenses and 
releases and allow the applicable Submission to remain in the HBD 
Challenge, while reserving all applicable Federal agency rights with 
respect to such licenses and releases.

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: April 26, 2017.
Sandra Cashman,
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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19728 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 81 / Friday, April 28, 2017 / Notices EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS OVER 3 YEARS Number of Number of Hours per Total burden Type of information collection responses per respondents response hours respondent Mail/email * ........................................................................................................................................ 6,000 1 20/60 2,000 Telephone ......................................................................................................................................... 600 1 40/60 400 Web-based ........................................................................................................................................ 3,000 1 10/60 500 Focus Groups .................................................................................................................................... 1,500 1 2.0 3,000 In-person ........................................................................................................................................... 600 1 1.0 600 Automated ** ...................................................................................................................................... 1,500 1 1.0 1,500 Cognitive Testing *** .......................................................................................................................... 600 1 1.5 900 Totals ......................................................................................................................................... 13,800 na na 8,900 * May include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change ** May include testing of database software, CAPI software or other automated technologies. *** May include cognitive interviews for questionnaire or toolkit development, or ‘‘think aloud’’ testing of prototype Web sites. EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED COST BURDEN OVER 3 YEARS Average Number of Total burden Total cost Type of information collection hourly respondents hours burden wage rate * Mail/email .......................................................................................................................................... 6,000 2,000 $38.06 $76,120 Telephone ......................................................................................................................................... 600 400 38.06 15,224 Web-based ........................................................................................................................................ 3,000 500 38.06 19,030 Focus Groups .................................................................................................................................... 1,500 3,000 38,06 114,180 In-person ........................................................................................................................................... 600 600 38.06 22,836 Automated ......................................................................................................................................... 1,500 1,500 38.06 57,090 Cognitive Testing .............................................................................................................................. 600 900 38.06 34,254 Totals ......................................................................................................................................... 13,800 8,900 na 338,734 * Based upon the average wages for 29–000 (Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations), ‘‘National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2016,’’ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#29-0000. Request for Comments DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND collected from wearable devices, mobile HUMAN SERVICES applications and/or social media for In accordance with the Paperwork public health surveillance purposes. In Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s Centers for Disease Control and Phase II (Prototype Implementation), a information collection are requested Prevention subset of submissions (up to 3) with with regard to any of the following: (a) promising concepts will be invited to Whether the proposed collection of Announcement of Requirements and test their proposed approaches for information is necessary for the proper Registration for Healthy Behavior ongoing public health surveillance. performance of AHRQ health care Challenge DATES: The Challenge is effective April research and health care information AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 28, 2017 and will conclude December dissemination functions, including Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 31, 2017. whether the information will have and Human Services (HHS). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. practical utility; (b) the accuracy of ACTION: Notice. Machell Town, National Center for AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including Chronic Disease Prevention and Health hours and costs) of the proposed SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Promotion, Centers for Disease Control collection(s) of information; (c) ways to Control and Prevention (CDC) located and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway enhance the quality, utility, and clarity within the Department of Health and NE., MS F–78, Chamblee, Georgia Human Services (HHS) announces the of the information to be collected; and 30341; Email: BRFSSinnovations@ launch of the Healthy Behavior Data (d) ways to minimize the burden of the cdc.gov. Challenge. The Healthy Behavior Data collection of information upon the Challenge responds to the call for new SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: respondents, including the use of ways to address the challenges and Award Approving Official: Anne automated collection techniques or limitations of self-reported health Schuchat, MD, (RADM, USPHS) Acting other forms of information technology. surveillance information and tap into Director, Centers for Disease Control Comments submitted in response to the potential of innovative data sources and Prevention, and Acting this notice will be summarized and and alternative methodologies for public Administrator, Agency for Toxic included in the Agency’s subsequent health surveillance. Challenge Substances and Disease Registry. request for OMB approval of the participants will propose data sources The Behavioral Risk Factor and approaches for aggregating data Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES proposed information collection. All comments will become a matter of from wearable devices, mobile nation’s premier system of health- public record. applications and/or social media in the related telephone surveys that collect areas of nutrition, physical activity, state data about U.S. residents regarding Sharon B. Arnold, sedentary behaviors, and/or sleep. their health-related risk behaviors, Acting Director. Conducted in two phases, Phase I chronic health conditions, and use of [FR Doc. 2017–08652 Filed 4–27–17; 8:45 am] (Prototype Development) entails preventive services. 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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 81 / Friday, April 28, 2017 / Notices 19729 Columbia and three U.S. territories. behaviors, and/or sleep among the adult 6. A detailed outline of the BRFSS completes more than 400,000 population aged 18 years and older in information that will be obtained. adult interviews each year, making it the U.S. and U.S. territories. 7. A demonstration of how data will the largest continuously conducted be extracted and collected: Present the Ideation Period health survey system in the world. format in which it will be stored. The collection of health data through The Challenge will launch as an 8. A description of how the new data traditional surveillance modes ideation/open submission period in source(s) could be linked with other including telephone and in-person which eligible participants (outlined in data sources, in a statistically robust interviewing, however, is becoming Eligibility Rules) may register and manner that could result in useful increasingly challenging and costly with submit an entry onto the Challenge Web public health insights, citing statistical declines in participation and changes in site (https://www.challenge.gov/ approaches and evidence to support the personal communications. In addition, challenge/the-healthy-behavior-data- proposal. the self-reported nature of responses challenge/). Information about the 9. A focus on one or more behavioral particularly in the areas of nutrition, Challenge and a link to the Challenge factors including physical activity, physical activity, sedentary behaviors, Web site can also be found at sleep, sedentary behaviors, and/or and sleep has been a major limitation in Challenge.gov. The 13-week ideation nutrition. these surveillance systems, since self- period will be followed by a 16-week 10. Information about the population reported data are subject to under/over resubmission period held for those who reached and generalizability of the reporting and recall bias. Meanwhile, were chosen by the judges as approach. the advent of new technologies and data semifinalists to further refine their idea. 11. A description of how data could sources including wearable devices The Challenge Web site serves as the be stratified by demographic (such as: Smart watches, activity destination and submission portal. characteristics (e.g. age, sex, education, trackers, sleep monitors, etc.), mobile Participants may find the Challenge geographic jurisdiction). health applications on smartphones or rules, eligibility criteria, evaluation 12. An indication of how information tablets, and data from social media criteria, additional resources, and the gathered addresses some or all of the represents an opportunity to enhance Challenge timeline on the Challenge following common metrics in one or the ability to monitor health-related Web site or at Challenge.gov. more of the healthy behavior topics information and potentially adjust for below: methodological limitations in Submission Requirements a. Sleep: traditional self-reported data. Entries not in compliance with the i. Hours of sleep per night (sleep The Healthy Behavior Data (HBD) submission requirements outlined duration) Challenge will be conducted below will be ineligible for further ii. Amount of time awake (sleep quality) concurrently with a similar challenge review and prize award. During the iii. Number of times awake (sleep proposed by the Public Health Agency open submission period, eligible quality) of Canada. This will enable the two participants may register and submit an iv. Number of adults reporting having countries to learn from their respective entry onto the Challenge Web site, to trouble getting to and staying asleep challenges and leverage information. We include: v. Time to fall asleep expect increased efficiency with a dual vi. Amount of time in REM vs. non-REM Phase I (Prototype Development) challenge. sleep (duration of sleep stage) Submissions will be accepted starting 1. A completed HBD Challenge vii. Heart rate April 28, 2017. The submission period Submission Template describing the viii. Respiration for phase I will end on July 31, 2017. proposed project, project personnel and ix. Sleep behaviors such as snoring, The Phase II (Prototype Implementation) data sources. sleep talking, and sleep movement submission period will begin September 2. A PowerPoint or other visual b. Sedentary Behaviors: 4, 2017 and end December 31, 2017. The presentation of the proposed project including purpose, methods and i. Average number of hours per day grand prize finalist is anticipated to be anticipated outcomes of the proposed spent sedentary, excluding sleep announced in February of 2018. Information on the Behavioral Risk approach, which could be used to time present the proposal to a judging panel. ii. Average number of hours per week Factor Surveillance System can be 3. A description of data that are spent on a computer/screen found at www.cdc.gov/brfss. anticipated to be captured by the including watching TV, videos, Subject of Challenge Competition proposed approach, comparability to the playing computer games, emailing The Healthy Behavior Data Challenge Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance or using the internet responds to the call for new ways to System (BRFSS), and, if applicable, iii. Sedentary data with additional address the challenges and limitations descriptions of online app(s), web-based information on location (work, of self-reported health surveillance tools or communication devices used to school, community, etc.) broken information and tap into the potential of recruit or track subjects’ healthy down by weekday and weekend day innovative data sources and alternative behavior information. c. Nutrition: methodologies for public health 4. Proposal of a viable data source(s) i. Total calories consumed per day surveillance. from a currently available or a feasible ii. Consumption of fruit (not including The Healthy Behavior Data (HBD) future source (such as a proposed app juices) by day, week, or month asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Challenge will support the development or online tool). HBD Challenge iii. Consumption of green leafy or and implementation of prototypes to use participants may propose the use of lettuce salads, with or without other these novel methodologies and data public and/or private data sources, as vegetables, by day, week, or month sources (e.g., wearable devices, mobile long as respondent agrees to participate iv. Consumption of vegetables (not applications, and/or social media) to and the respondent confidentiality and including lettuce salads and enhance traditional healthy behaviors privacy are maintained. potatoes) by day, week, or month surveillance systems in the areas of 5. A demonstration of how CDC v. 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19730 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 81 / Friday, April 28, 2017 / Notices vi. Number of caffeinated drinks Phase II (Prototype Implementation) How To Enter consumed by day, week, or month allows applicants to test proposals Participants may enter by visiting d. Physical activity: developed in Phase I. The prototype is healthdatachallenge.gov and i. Minutes of moderate-to-vigorous a demonstration of possible methods for challenge.gov and following the physical activity (MVPA) per day supplementing data from existing instructions for submission. The U.S. (ideally by location—work, school, surveillance systems (such as the and Canadian challenges are being run in community) BRFSS). This prototype is not meant to in parallel and U.S. entrants should ii. Daily number of steps be merged with existing surveillance submit to this contest via challenge.gov iii. Miles/km (Distance) on foot systems, but rather to complement data and Canadian citizens to the Canadian iv. Number of days of physical activity/ collected with current infrastructures. contest found at week or month (and established At the end of implementation HBD healthdatachallenge.gov. number of days in one month) Challenge participants should be able to: Eligibility Rules for Participating in the v. Minutes of moderate-to-vigorous Competition physical activity (MVPA) per day 1. Compare data obtained by the (ideally by location—work, school, prototype to data from the BRFSS in the To be eligible to win a prize under in community) broken down by areas of nutrition, physical activity, this challenge, an individual or entity— week day and weekend day. sedentary behaviors, and/or sleep. (1) Shall have registered to participate vi. Calories burned 2. Demonstrate how data from the in the competition under the rules vii. Type of activity (aerobic, strength, included participants could be stratified promulgated by the Centers for Disease etc.) by demographics (age, sex, education, Control and Prevention; viii. Active minutes etc.). (2) Shall have complied with all the ix. Duration of exercise 3. Demonstrate the ease of adding requirements under this section; additional types of mobile applications (3) In the case of a private entity, shall x. Flights of stairs climbed and wearable devices to existing survey be incorporated in and maintain a xi. Average and peak heart rate methodologies. primary place of business in the United xii. Occupational physical activity and 4. Report that describes the prototype/ States, and in the case of an individual, active chores amount: (location of methodology and the prototype’s whether participating singly or in a physical activity) anticipated strengths and limitations for group, shall be a citizen or permanent xiii. Number of hours of reported surveillance. resident of the United States; and physical activities while at work, in (4) May not be a Federal entity or or around household 5. Demonstrate the applicability of the non-traditional data source(s) for Federal employee acting within the xiv. Leisure time physical activity scope of their employment. amount: ongoing public health surveillance purposes. (5) Shall not be an HHS employee xv. # of hours per week adult working on their applications or participants spent in sports, fitness 6. Describe the prototype in detail, submissions during assigned duty or recreational physical activities, including purpose, method, outcomes hours. organized or non-organized, that and comparability to data obtained from (6) Are an individual or team lasted a minimum of 10 continuous the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance comprised of members each of who are minutes System (BRFSS). 18 years of age or over. xvi. Number of adults reporting and 7. Provide a working prototype (7) Are not on the Excluded Parties time spent walking or cycling to including data (in Excel format) List System located at www.sam.gov. work or school obtained using the prototype from 300 Additionally: Participants may also choose to or more adult respondents residing in (a) Federal grantees may not use suggest additional metrics in the areas the U.S. or its territories. The data must Federal funds to develop challenge of nutrition, physical activity, sedentary include the age, gender, location, and at applications unless consistent with the behaviors, and/or sleep. If additional least one of the measures associated purpose of their grant award. Federal metrics are included, the participant with the HBD Challenge in the areas of contractors may not use Federal funds should include a short description of nutrition, physical activity, sedentary from a contract to develop challenge the data and how it might inform public behaviors and/or sleep. applications or to fund efforts in health efforts (such information and 8. Provide a PowerPoint presentation support of a challenge submission. data will be collected in accordance to the judges and invited CDC personnel (b) Employees of CDC, and/or any with any applicable laws and which includes information on the other individual or entity associated regulations). purpose, methods, outcomes and with the development, evaluation, or comparability to the BRFSS. administration of the Challenge as well Phase II (Prototype Implementation Submissions must be free of security as members of such persons’ immediate Phase) threats and/or malware. Applicants/ families (spouses, children, siblings, During The Phase II Prototype Contestants agree that CDC may conduct parents), and persons living in the same Implementation Phase, the six testing on the product/submission to household as such persons, whether or submissions selected under Phase I will determine whether malware or other not related, are not eligible to test their solutions, utilizing their security threats may be present. CDC participate in the Challenge. previously collected data from 300 or may disqualify the product if, in CDC’s (c) An individual or entity shall not asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES more adults (aged 18 and above) judgment, the app may damage be deemed ineligible because the residing in the U.S. or its territories. government or others’ equipment or individual or entity used Federal During this phase there will be an operating environment or if the app, in facilities or consulted with Federal opportunity for HBD Challenge CDC’s judgment, is inconsistent with employees during a competition if the participants to incorporate data from CDC’s public health mission, utilizes facilities and employees are made existing surveys including the software or other technologies without available to all individuals and entities Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance appropriate licenses, or any other reason participating in the competition on an System (BRFSS). deemed necessary. equitable basis. 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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 81 / Friday, April 28, 2017 / Notices 19731 (d) Applicants must agree to assume anytime during the proposal submission and utility. NOTE: This means that any and all risks and waive claims period stated above to register. federal and state restrictions on data against the Federal Government and its collection and assurance of Amount of the Prize related entities, except in the case of confidentiality are being respected. Any willful misconduct, for any injury, In Phase I (Prototype Development), proposals that appear to violate the death, damage, or loss of property, participants will compete for a $30,000 Privacy Act, HIPAA, and FERPA will be revenue, or profits, whether direct, prize pot from which up to six teams or unacceptable. (Mandatory criteria; if not indirect, or consequential, arising from submissions will be selected to receive scored 5, prototype may be their participation in a competition, a $5000 prize each). disqualified). whether the injury, death, damage, or In phase II, up to 3 participants will 4. Innovation (15%) loss arises through negligence or compete for a $70,000 prize pot. The 1 = Prototype duplicates existing otherwise. following prizes will be awarded: approach/5 = Prototype presents a novel (e) A solution may be disqualified if One First Place winner of $40,000 approach. it fails to function as expressed in the One Second Place winner of $20,000 description provided by the user, or if One Third Place winner of $10,000 5. Feasibility of Prototype (15%) it provides inaccurate or incomplete Three (3) winners will be notified via 1 = Prototype is not feasible due to information. email. factors like cost, availability of data, (f) CDC reserves the right to disqualify etc./5 = Prototype is feasible and participants from the Challenge for Payment of the Prize addresses potential implementation inappropriate, derogatory, defamatory, Prizes awarded under this challenges by offering solutions. or threatening comments or competition will be paid by electronic 6. Generalizability (10%) communication through the Challenge funds transfer and may be subject to 1 = Prototype is not generalizable to Web site or on the Challenge.gov Web Federal income taxes. HHS will comply a range of data sources/5 = Prototype is site. with the Internal Revenue Service generalizable to a range of data sources. (g) Submissions must be free of withholding and reporting 7. Breadth of Data Collected (Scope) security threats and/or malware. requirements, where applicable. (5%) Applicants/Contestants agree that CDC Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be 1 = Prototype does not address may conduct testing on the product/ Selected required metrics, across the identified submission to determine whether malware or other security threats may A review panel composed of subject- content area(s)/5 = Prototype includes be present. CDC may disqualify the matter experts will judge eligible HBD required metrics. product if, in CDC’s judgment, the Challenge entries. A judging panel will Phase II Scoring Criteria product may damage government or make final winner selections based All Criteria are scaled 1–5, with 1 others’ equipment or operating upon the criteria outlined below and in being the lowest score on each environment. compliance with the HHS Competition dimension and 5 being the highest score (h) Applicants must obtain liability Judging Guidelines. on each dimension. Scores are weighted insurance or demonstrate financial Phase I Scoring Criteria by the proportion of each dimension responsibility in the amount of $0 for All Criteria are scaled 1–5, with 1 and then aggregated to create a final claims by: (1) A third party for death, being the lowest score on each score. Judging criteria for Phase II bodily injury, or property damage, or dimension and 5 being the highest score include: loss resulting from an activity carried out in connection with participation in on each dimension. Scores are weighted • Data quality (20%) a competition, with the Federal by the proportion of each dimension 1 = Prototype does not provide data Government named as an additional and then aggregated to create a final that are likely to be valid or reliable or insured under the registered applicant’s score. representative of a population/5 = insurance policy and registered 1. Efficacy of Prototype (20%) Prototype provides data that applicant’s agreeing to indemnify the 1 = Prototype is likely to not work in demonstrate validity, reliability, and Federal Government against third party a way that is statistically appropriate/5 representativeness. claims for damages arising from or = Prototype is likely to successfully • Ability to complement BRFSS related to competition activities; and (2) collect, and harmonize data, in a Findings (20%) the Federal Government for damage or statistically robust manner, across 1 = Prototype does not outline steps loss to Government property resulting multiple data sources to address to complement BRFSS efforts/5 = from such an activity. Applicants who common metrics. Prototype is provides data which can are a group must obtain insurance or 2. Promise of Comparability to BRFSS complement and/or supplement demonstrate financial responsibility for Findings (20%) measures collected by the BRFSS or all members of the group. 1 = Prototype does not consider other publically available traditional (i) By participating in the Challenge, surveillance systems. stratification parameters, or applies to each Applicant agrees to comply with • Validation of or Enhancement of only a narrow population/5 = Prototype and abide by these Official Rules, Terms existing national public health holds promise for capturing data that is & Conditions and the decisions of the surveillance data (20%) valid, reliable, and representative of a asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Agency sponsors and/or the large population. 1 = Prototype cannot be statistically individual judges, which shall be final 3. Acceptability (15%) aligned with currently available health and binding in all respects. 1 = All parties expressed concerns data/5 = Prototype statistically aligns Registration Process for Participants with data being used in terms of with available data across population To register for this Challenge, respondent privacy, feasibility and sub-groups. participants can access https:// utility/5 = All parties involved are • Flexibility (10%) www.challenge.gov/challenge/the- comfortable with data being used in 1 = Prototype does not demonstrate healthy-behavior-data-challenge/ terms of respondent privacy, feasibility the ability to include additional types of VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:38 Apr 27, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\28APN1.SGM 28APN1

19732 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 81 / Friday, April 28, 2017 / Notices data and data sources/5 = Prototype Compliance With Rules and Contacting grant CDC an unlimited, non-exclusive, demonstrates flexibility in the ability to Contest Winners royalty-free, worldwide license and the add different data types and data from Finalists and the Contest Winners right to reproduce, publically perform, additional sources. must comply with all terms and publically display, and use the • Simplicity (structure and ease of conditions of these Official Rules, and Submission, including, without operation) (10%) winning is contingent upon fulfilling all limitation, for promotional purposes 1 = Prototype’s structure and requirements herein. The initial finalists relating to the HBD Challenge. operation is complex/5 = Prototype’s will be notified by email, telephone, or • All materials submitted to CDC as structure is clear and easy to implement; mail after the date of the judging. part of a submission become CDC it is not burdensome on current systems. Awards may be subject to Federal agency records. Any confidential • Resources for system operation (10%) income taxes, and the Department of commercial or financial information 1 = Prototype requires heavy resource Health and Human Services will comply contained in a submission must be burden in terms of cost, training, with the Internal Revenue Service clearly designated at the time of administration, infrastructure/5 = withholding and reporting submission. Prototype has low resource burden in requirements, where applicable. • If the Submission includes any terms of cost, training, administration, Intellectual Property (IP) Rights third party works (such as third party infrastructure. • Applicants are free to discuss their content or open source code), Applicant • Timeliness (5%) submission and the ideas or must be able to provide, upon request, 1 = there is a significant gap in time technologies that it contains with other documentation of all appropriate between data collection and analysis/5 parties; encouraged to share ideas/ licenses and releases for use of such = there is a real-time monitoring technologies publicly; encouraged to third party works. If Applicant cannot through the collected data. collaborate or combine with other teams provide documentation of all required • Stratification by Demographics (5%) to strengthen their solutions; and are licenses and releases, Federal Agency 1 = Prototype is unable to stratify the free to contract with any third parties. sponsors reserve the right, at their sole data by key demographics/5 = Prototype Applicants should be aware that any discretion, to disqualify the Submission. is able to stratify the data by age, sex, agreement signed or obligation Conversely, they may seek to secure the education, and race/ethnicity. undertaken in regards to their licenses and releases and allow the participation in this HBD Challenge that applicable Submission to remain in the Additional Information conflicts with the HBD Challenge rules, HBD Challenge, while reserving all An individual or entity shall not be terms and conditions may result in applicable Federal agency rights with deemed ineligible because the disqualification of the Applicant’s respect to such licenses and releases. individual or entity used Federal submission. facilities or consulted with Federal • Upon submission, each Applicant Privacy employees during a competition if the warrants that he or she is the sole author facilities and employees are made and owner of the work and any If Contestants choose to provide the available to all individuals and entities pertinent Intellectual Property (IP) CDC with personal information by participating in the competition on an rights, that the work is wholly original registering or filling out the submission equitable basis. of the Applicant (or is an improved form through the Challenge.gov Web Participants must also agree to assume version of an existing work that the site, that information is used to respond any and all risks and waive claims Applicant has sufficient rights to use— to Contestants in matters regarding their against the Federal Government and its including the substantial improvement submission, announcements of entrants, related entities, except in the case of of existing open-source work), and that finalists, and winners of the Contest. willful misconduct, for any injury, it does not infringe any copyright or any Information is not collected for death, damage, or loss of property, other rights of any third party of which commercial marketing. Winners are revenue, or profits, whether direct, Applicant is aware. Each Applicant also permitted to cite that they won this indirect, or consequential, arising from warrants that the work is free of security contest. my participation in this prize contest, threats and/or malware. whether the injury, death, damage, or • Applicants retain ownership of the General Conditions loss arises through negligence or data that they develop and deliver under the scope of the HBD Challenge, The CDC reserves the right to cancel, otherwise. Participants are required to obtain including any software, research suspend, and/or modify the Contest, or liability insurance or demonstrate product, or other intellectual property any part of it, for any reason, at CDC’s financial responsibility in the amount of (‘‘IP’’) that they develop in connection sole discretion. $0, for claims by a third party for death, therewith. Applicants agree to grant a Participation in this Contest bodily injury, or property damage, or license to the Federal Agency sponsor constitutes a contestants’ full and loss resulting from an activity carried (CDC) for the use of the IP developed in unconditional agreement to abide by the out in connection with participation in connection with the HBD Challenge as Contest’s Official Rules found at a challenge. set forth herein. www.Challenge.gov. Participants must also agree to • Each Applicant must clearly asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719. indemnify the Federal Government delineate any Intellectual Property (IP) against third party claims for damages and/or confidential commercial Dated: April 26, 2017. arising from or related to HBD Challenge information contained in a submission Sandra Cashman, activities. that is owned by the Applicant, and Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease CDC reserves the right to cancel, which the Applicant wishes to protect Control and Prevention. suspend, and/or modify the HBD as proprietary data. [FR Doc. 2017–08778 Filed 4–27–17; 8:45 am] Challenge, or any part of it, for any • Upon completion of the HDB BILLING CODE 4163–18–P reason, at CDC’s sole discretion. Challenge period, applicants consent to VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:38 Apr 27, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\28APN1.SGM 28APN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesThe Challenge is effective April 28, 2017 and will conclude December 31, 2017.
ContactDr. Machell Town, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE., MS F-78, Chamblee, Georgia 30341; Email: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 19728 
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