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Eligibility Rules for Participating in the
Competition
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[FR–5745–N–01]
Announcement of Requirements and
Registration for ‘‘Innovation in
Affordable Housing Student Design
and Planning Competition’’
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
This notice announces the
inaugural year of the Innovation in
Affordable Housing Student Design and
Planning Competition. The competition
requires teams of graduate students from
multiple disciplines to submit plans in
response to a real life affordable housing
design issue. The goals of this new
competition are: To encourage research
and innovation in quality affordable
housing design that strengthens the
social and physical fabric of low- and
moderate-income communities and
neighborhoods; to raise practitioner and
future practitioner capacity to produce
more livable and sustainable housing for
low-and moderate-income people
through disseminating best practices;
and to foster cross-cutting team-work
within the design and community
development process.
SUMMARY:
February 24, 2014. Although
teams may begin registering now, the
competition will officially open on
January 6, 2014, when the real life
affordable housing design issue is
released. The deadline for phase one of
the competition will be February 10,
2014. Finalists will be announced on
February 24, 2014, and will have until
May 5, 2014, to prepare their
presentations.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Claire Desjardins, Research Utilization
Division, Office of Policy Development
and Research, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 8110, Washington, DC
20410, telephone 202–402–5945. Email:
Claire.Y.Desjardins@hud.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Subject of Challenge Competition
Entrants in the Innovation in
Affordable Housing Design are
requested to present their plans for a
site owned by a public housing
authority (PHA). This presentation will
include architectural designs,
neighborhood planning, and financial
plans.
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The competition is open to any
contestant, defined as a team of U.S.
citizens or permanent residents of the
United States who are currently
enrolled in a graduate level program at
a university in the United States. The
team members must represent at least
three related academic disciplines and
will be supported by a faculty advisor.
Individuals may not participate in more
than one team.
To be eligible to win a prize under
this challenge (Challenge), an individual
or entity—
(1) Shall have registered to participate
in the competition under the rules
promulgated by HUD;
(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;
(4) May not be a Federal entity or
Federal employee acting within the
scope of their employment;
(5) Shall not be a HUD employee
working on their applications or
submissions during assigned duty
hours;
(6) May not be a judge of the
competition, or any other party involved
with the design, production, execution,
or distribution of the Challenge or their
immediate family (spouse, parents or
step-parents, siblings and step-siblings,
and children and step-children);
(7) Federal grantees may not use
Federal funds to develop challenge
applications under the America
COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2011
(COMPETES Act) unless consistent with
the purpose of their grant award;
(8) Federal contractors may not use
Federal funds from a contract to develop
COMPETES Act challenge applications
or to fund efforts in support of a
COMPETES Act challenge submission.
An individual or entity shall not be
ineligible because the individual or
entity used Federal facilities or
consulted with Federal employees
during a competition if the facilities and
employees are made available to all
individuals and entities participating in
the competition on an equitable basis.
By participating in this Challenge,
contestants agree to assume any and all
risks and waive claims against the
Federal Government and its related
entities, except in the case of willful
misconduct, for any injury, death,
damage, or loss of property, revenue, or
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profits, whether direct, indirect, or
consequential, arising from
participation in this prize contest,
whether the injury, death, damage, or
loss arises through negligence or
otherwise. By participating in this
Challenge, contestants agree to
indemnify the Federal Government
against third party claims for damages
arising from or related to Challenge
activities.
Registration Process for Participants
All Contestants can register on the
competition Web site, https://
www.huduser.org/portal/challenge/
index.html. Interested parties can also
read all official rules and sign up to
receive more information and
competition updates on this site.
Submission Period Begins: 12:01 a.m.,
EDT, January 6, 2014.
Submission Period Ends: 11:59 p.m.,
EDT, February 10, 2014.
Amount of the Prize
The winning team of the competition
will be awarded $10,000. The runner-up
team will be awarded $5,000. Prizes
awarded under this competition may be
subject to Federal income taxes. HUD
will comply with the Internal Revenue
Service withholding and reporting
requirements, where applicable.
Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be
Selected
Submissions to the competition will
be assessed by an informed jury of
approximately five practitioners and
experts in the fields of architecture,
urban planning, affordable housing, and
other relevant areas, in compliance with
the requirements of the COMPETES Act.
Jury members will be named after the
commencement of the competition.
The jury will make decisions based on
the following criteria: completeness of
design; applicability; financial and
economic viability; planning criterion;
and innovation and creativity.
Additional Information
The finalists will be invited to a site
visit of the PHA in mid-March, with
expenses paid for two team members.
All rules and competition information
and updates can be found at https://
www.huduser.org/portal/challenge/
index.html.
Copyright and Intellectual Property:
Upon submission, each team warrants
that the team members are the sole
owners of the submission, and that the
submission is wholly original to the
team and does not infringe on any
copyright or other rights of any third
party of which the team is aware.
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Submission Rights: By participating in
this Challenge, each Team grants to
HUD an irrevocable, paid-up, royaltyfree, non-exclusive license to post, link
to, share, and display publicly on the
Web. The Public Housing Authority
may use ideas from submissions in their
future efforts to address the affordable
housing design issue.
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 after the date
of the judging.
Privacy
Personal information provided to
HUD by Contestants registering or filling
out the submission form through
huduser.org is protected by the Privacy
Act, and is used to respond to
Contestants in matters regarding their
submission, announcements of entrants,
finalists, and winners of the Contest.
Winners are permitted to cite that they
won this contest.
General Conditions
HUD reserves the right to cancel,
suspend, and/or modify the
Competition, or any part of it, for any
reason, at HUD’s sole discretion.
Participation in this competition
constitutes a contestant’s and team’s full
and unconditional agreement to abide
by the competition’s official rules found
at https://www.huduser.org/portal/
challenge/.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719
Dated: November 26, 2013.
Jean Lin Pao,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
Development and Research.
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Wildlife and Hunting Heritage
Conservation Council
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, announce a public
meeting of the Wildlife and Hunting
SUMMARY:
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Heritage Conservation Council
(Council).
DATES: Meeting: Wednesday January 29,
2014, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and
Thursday January 30, 2014, from 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern standard time). For
deadlines and directions on registering
to attend, submitting written material,
and giving an oral presentation, please
see ‘‘Public Input’’ under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
the Room 104A at the USDA Whitten
Building, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive
SW., Washington DC 20250.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joshua Winchell, Council Coordinator,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mailstop
3103–AEA, Arlington, VA 22203;
telephone (703) 358–2639; fax (703)
358–2548; or email joshua_winchell@
fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the requirements of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App., we announce that Wildlife
and Hunting Heritage Conservation
Council will hold a meeting.
Background
Formed in February 2010, the Council
provides advice about wildlife and
habitat conservation endeavors that:
1. Benefit wildlife resources;
2. Encourage partnership among the
public, sporting conservation
organizations, States, Native American
tribes, and the Federal Government; and
3. Benefit recreational hunting.
The Council advises the Secretary of
the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture, reporting through the
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service), in consultation with the
Director, Bureau of Land Management
(BLM); Director, National Park Service
(NPS); Chief, Forest Service (USFS);
Chief, Natural Resources Service
(NRCS); and Administrator, Farm
Services Agency (FSA). The Council’s
duties are strictly advisory and consist
of, but are not limited to, providing
recommendations for:
1. Implementing the Recreational
Hunting and Wildlife Resource
Conservation Plan—A Ten-Year Plan for
Implementation;
2. Increasing public awareness of and
support for the Wildlife Restoration
Program;
3. Fostering wildlife and habitat
conservation and ethics in hunting and
shooting sports recreation;
4. Stimulating sportsmen and
women’s participation in conservation
and management of wildlife and habitat
resources through outreach and
education;
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5. Fostering communication and
coordination among State, tribal, and
Federal governments; industry; hunting
and shooting sportsmen and women;
wildlife and habitat conservation and
management organizations; and the
public;
6. Providing appropriate access to
Federal lands for recreational shooting
and hunting;
7. Providing recommendations to
improve implementation of Federal
conservation programs that benefit
wildlife, hunting, and outdoor
recreation on private lands; and
8. When requested by the Designated
Federal Officer in consultation with the
Council Chairperson, performing a
variety of assessments or reviews of
policies, programs, and efforts through
the Council’s designated subcommittees
or workgroups.
Background information on the
Council is available at https://
www.fws.gov/whhcc.
Meeting Agenda
The Council will convene to consider:
1. The Recreational Hunting and
Wildlife Resource Conservation Plan—A
Ten-Year Plan for Implementation;
2. Farm Bill;
3. Funding for public and private
lands conservation; and
4. Other Council business.
The final agenda will be posted on the
Internet at https://www.fws.gov/whhcc.
PUBLIC INPUT
If you wish to
Attend the meeting ....
Submit written information or questions
before the meeting
for the council to
consider during the
meeting.
Give an oral presentation during the
meeting.
You must contact the
Council Coordinator
(see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT) no later
than
January 20, 2014.
January 20, 2014.
January 20, 2014.
Attendance
Because entry to Federal buildings is
restricted, all visitors are required to
preregister to be admitted. In order to
attend this meeting, you must register
by close of business on the date listed
in ‘‘Public Input’’ under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. Please submit your name,
time of arrival, email address, and
phone number to the Council
Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT).
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[FR-5745-N-01]
Announcement of Requirements and Registration for ``Innovation in
Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition''
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the inaugural year of the Innovation in
Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition. The
competition requires teams of graduate students from multiple
disciplines to submit plans in response to a real life affordable
housing design issue. The goals of this new competition are: To
encourage research and innovation in quality affordable housing design
that strengthens the social and physical fabric of low- and moderate-
income communities and neighborhoods; to raise practitioner and future
practitioner capacity to produce more livable and sustainable housing
for low-and moderate-income people through disseminating best
practices; and to foster cross-cutting team-work within the design and
community development process.
DATES: February 24, 2014. Although teams may begin registering now, the
competition will officially open on January 6, 2014, when the real life
affordable housing design issue is released. The deadline for phase one
of the competition will be February 10, 2014. Finalists will be
announced on February 24, 2014, and will have until May 5, 2014, to
prepare their presentations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claire Desjardins, Research
Utilization Division, Office of Policy Development and Research,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room
8110, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 202-402-5945. Email:
Claire.Y.Desjardins@hud.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Subject of Challenge Competition
Entrants in the Innovation in Affordable Housing Design are
requested to present their plans for a site owned by a public housing
authority (PHA). This presentation will include architectural designs,
neighborhood planning, and financial plans.
Eligibility Rules for Participating in the Competition
The competition is open to any contestant, defined as a team of
U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States who are
currently enrolled in a graduate level program at a university in the
United States. The team members must represent at least three related
academic disciplines and will be supported by a faculty advisor.
Individuals may not participate in more than one team.
To be eligible to win a prize under this challenge (Challenge), an
individual or entity--
(1) Shall have registered to participate in the competition under
the rules promulgated by HUD;
(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;
(4) May not be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within
the scope of their employment;
(5) Shall not be a HUD employee working on their applications or
submissions during assigned duty hours;
(6) May not be a judge of the competition, or any other party
involved with the design, production, execution, or distribution of the
Challenge or their immediate family (spouse, parents or step-parents,
siblings and step-siblings, and children and step-children);
(7) Federal grantees may not use Federal funds to develop challenge
applications under the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2011
(COMPETES Act) unless consistent with the purpose of their grant award;
(8) Federal contractors may not use Federal funds from a contract
to develop COMPETES Act challenge applications or to fund efforts in
support of a COMPETES Act challenge submission.
An individual or entity shall not be ineligible because the
individual or entity used Federal facilities or consulted with Federal
employees during a competition if the facilities and employees are made
available to all individuals and entities participating in the
competition on an equitable basis.
By participating in this Challenge, contestants agree to assume any
and all risks and waive claims against the Federal Government and its
related entities, except in the case of willful misconduct, for any
injury, death, damage, or loss of property, revenue, or profits,
whether direct, indirect, or consequential, arising from participation
in this prize contest, whether the injury, death, damage, or loss
arises through negligence or otherwise. By participating in this
Challenge, contestants agree to indemnify the Federal Government
against third party claims for damages arising from or related to
Challenge activities.
Registration Process for Participants
All Contestants can register on the competition Web site, https://www.huduser.org/portal/challenge/. Interested parties can
also read all official rules and sign up to receive more information
and competition updates on this site.
Submission Period Begins: 12:01 a.m., EDT, January 6, 2014.
Submission Period Ends: 11:59 p.m., EDT, February 10, 2014.
Amount of the Prize
The winning team of the competition will be awarded $10,000. The
runner-up team will be awarded $5,000. Prizes awarded under this
competition may be subject to Federal income taxes. HUD will comply
with the Internal Revenue Service withholding and reporting
requirements, where applicable.
Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be Selected
Submissions to the competition will be assessed by an informed jury
of approximately five practitioners and experts in the fields of
architecture, urban planning, affordable housing, and other relevant
areas, in compliance with the requirements of the COMPETES Act. Jury
members will be named after the commencement of the competition.
The jury will make decisions based on the following criteria:
completeness of design; applicability; financial and economic
viability; planning criterion; and innovation and creativity.
Additional Information
The finalists will be invited to a site visit of the PHA in mid-
March, with expenses paid for two team members. All rules and
competition information and updates can be found at https://www.huduser.org/portal/challenge/.
Copyright and Intellectual Property: Upon submission, each team
warrants that the team members are the sole owners of the submission,
and that the submission is wholly original to the team and does not
infringe on any copyright or other rights of any third party of which
the team is aware.
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Submission Rights: By participating in this Challenge, each Team
grants to HUD an irrevocable, paid-up, royalty-free, non-exclusive
license to post, link to, share, and display publicly on the Web. The
Public Housing Authority may use ideas from submissions in their future
efforts to address the affordable housing design issue.
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 after the date of the judging.
Privacy
Personal information provided to HUD by Contestants registering or
filling out the submission form through huduser.org is protected by the
Privacy Act, and is used to respond to Contestants in matters regarding
their submission, announcements of entrants, finalists, and winners of
the Contest. Winners are permitted to cite that they won this contest.
General Conditions
HUD reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the
Competition, or any part of it, for any reason, at HUD's sole
discretion.
Participation in this competition constitutes a contestant's and
team's full and unconditional agreement to abide by the competition's
official rules found at https://www.huduser.org/portal/challenge/.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719
Dated: November 26, 2013.
Jean Lin Pao,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2013-29067 Filed 12-4-13; 8:45 am]
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