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benefits to the United States, as
described above.
Any vessel wishing to enter into a
chartering arrangement with the United
States must be in full current
compliance with the requirements
outlined in the NAFO Convention and
Conservation and Enforcement
Measures. These requirements include,
but are not limited to, submission of the
following reports to the NAFO
Executive Secretary: notification that
the vessel is authorized by its flag state
to fish within the NAFO Regulatory
Area during 2014; provisional monthly
catch reports for all vessels of that
NAFO Contracting Party operating in
the NAFO Regulatory Area; daily catch
reports for each day fished by the
subject vessel within the Regulatory
Area; observer reports within 30 days
following the completion of a fishing
trip; and an annual statement of actions
taken by its flag state to comply with the
NAFO Convention. The United States
may also consider the vessel’s previous
compliance with NAFO bycatch,
reporting and other provisions, as
outlined in the NAFO Conservation and
Enforcement Measures, before entering
into a chartering arrangement. More
details on NAFO requirements for
chartering operations are available from
Patrick E. Moran (see ADDRESSES).
What if I want to arrange to receive a
transfer of NAFO quota allocations
from another NAFO party?
Under NAFO rules in effect for 2014,
the United States may receive transfers
of additional fishing opportunities from
other NAFO Contracting Parties. The
United States is required to provide a
letter of consent to this transfer and
prior notification to the NAFO
Executive Secretary. In the event that an
applicant is able to arrange for the
transfer of additional fishing
opportunities from a fishing company of
another NAFO Contracting Party, the
United States may agree to facilitate
such a transfer insofar as fulfilling the
NAFO requirements for such transfers
after soliciting additional public input
on such transfers as appropriate. As in
the case of chartering operations, the
United States may also consider a
NAFO Contracting Party’s previous
compliance with NAFO bycatch,
reporting and other provisions, as
outlined in the NAFO Conservation and
Enforcement Measures, before agreeing
to accept a transfer. Any fishing quota
or other harvesting opportunities
received via this type of transfer are
subject to all U.S and NAFO rules as
detailed below. For more details on
NAFO requirements for transferring
NAFO allocations, contact Patrick E.
Moran (see ADDRESSES).
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What if I want to arrange for a transfer
of U.S. quota allocations to another
NAFO party?
What rules must I follow while fishing?
Under NAFO rules in effect for 2014,
the United States may transfer fishing
opportunities with the consent of the
receiving NAFO Contracting Party and
with prior notification to the NAFO
Executive Secretary. An applicant may
request to arrange for any of the above
U.S. opportunities to be transferred to
another NAFO party, although such
applications will likely to be given
lesser priority than those that involve
more direct harvesting or processing by
U.S. entities. Applications to arrange for
a transfer of U.S. fishing opportunities
should contain a letter of consent from
the receiving NAFO Contracting Party,
and should also be accompanied by a
detailed description of anticipated
benefits to the United States. As in the
case of chartering operations, the United
States may also consider a NAFO
Contracting Party’s previous compliance
with NAFO bycatch, reporting and other
provisions, as outlined in the NAFO
Conservation and Enforcement
Measures, before entering agreeing to a
transfer. More details on NAFO
requirements for transferring NAFO
allocations are available from Patrick E.
Moran (see ADDRESSES).
U.S. applicant vessels must be in
possession of, or obtain, a valid HSFCA
permit, which is available from the
NMFS Northeast Regional Office. Note
that vessels issued valid HSFCA permits
under 50 CFR part 300 are exempt from
the Northeast multispecies and
monkfish permit, mesh size, effortcontrol, and possession limit
restrictions, specified in 50 CFR 648.4,
648.80, 648.82, 648.86, 648.87, 648.91,
648.92, and 648.94, respectively, while
transiting the U.S. exclusive economic
zone (EEZ) with multispecies and/or
monkfish on board the vessel, or
landing multispecies and/or monkfish
in U.S. ports that were caught while
fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area,
provided:
1. The vessel operator has a letter of
authorization issued by the Regional
Administrator on board the vessel;
2. For the duration of the trip, the
vessel fishes, except for transiting
purposes, exclusively in the NAFO
Regulatory Area and does not harvest
fish in, or possess fish harvested in, or
from, the U.S. EEZ;
3. When transiting the U.S. EEZ, all
gear is properly stowed in accordance
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with one of the applicable methods
specified in 50 CFR 648.23(b); and
4. The vessel operator complies with
the provisions/conditions specified on
the HSFCA permit and all NAFO
conservation and enforcement measures
while fishing in the NAFO Regulatory
Area.
Relevant NAFO Conservation and
Enforcement Measures include, but are
not limited to, maintenance of a fishing
logbook with NAFO-designated entries;
adherence to NAFO hail system
requirements; presence of an on-board
observer; deployment of a functioning,
autonomous vessel monitoring system
authorized by issuance of the HSFCA
permit; and adherence to all relevant
minimum size, gear, bycatch, and other
requirements. Further details regarding
U.S. and NAFO requirements are
available from the NMFS Northeast
Regional Office, and can also be found
in the 2014 NAFO Conservation and
Enforcement Measures on the Internet
(see ADDRESSES).
Dated: January 15, 2014.
Rodney R. McInnis,
Acting Director, Office of International
Affairs, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
Announcement of Consumer Product
Safety Apps Challenge Under the
America COMPETES Reauthorization
Act of 2011
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
To raise awareness of recalls
of consumer products and of consumer
product safety reports submitted to the
U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (Commission or CPSC), the
Commission announces a prize contest
under section 105 of the America
COMPETES Reauthorization Act of
2011, 15 U.S.C. 3719 (Act).
DATES: Entries will be accepted until
11:59 p.m. ET on April 28, 2014.
Judging will be complete on or about
June 30, 2014. Winners are expected to
be announced during an awards
ceremony in the July or August 2014
time frame.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stacey Palosky, Public Affairs
Specialist, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301)
504–7648; spalosky@cpsc.gov.
SUMMARY:
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The U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC) is charged with protecting the
public from unreasonable risks of injury
or death from thousands of types of
consumer products under the agency’s
jurisdiction. CPSC has issued more than
13,000 consumer product recalls since
the agency’s creation in 1973.
Through CPSC’s Web site
www.SaferProducts.gov, consumers,
child service providers, health care
professionals, government officials, and
public safety entities can submit reports
of harm involving consumer products.
Manufacturers (including importers)
and private labelers identified in reports
receive a copy of the report and have the
opportunity to comment on the report.
Completed reports and manufacturer
comments are published online at
www.SaferProducts.gov for anyone to
search.
Through the Consumer Product Safety
Apps Challenge, the CPSC seeks
applications and innovative tools that
raise awareness of consumer product
safety reports and recalls of consumer
products. Because many consumers get
consumer product safety information
online, CPSC seeks apps and tools that
combine recalls and safety reports with
online auction sites, online product
reviews, search engines and other
innovative places where consumers get
product information.
CPSC intends to promote the winning
applications and tools. Except as set
forth in this Notice, CPSC does not plan
to retain any intellectual property rights,
or assert ownership rights relating to
any Consumer Product Safety Apps
Challenge submissions, applications or
tools.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Contest Requirements and Rules
1. Subject of the Contest: A key goal
of the CPSC is to empower consumers
with safety information about consumer
products. CPSC is challenging
developers to create applications (apps)
and innovative tools that raise
awareness of consumer safety reports
submitted to CPSC through its Web site,
SaferProducts.gov, and inform the
public of recalls of consumer products.
2. Amount of the prize: CPSC will
award $1,000 to one winner in each of
the following four categories: Best
Mashup with Online Auction Sites; Best
Mashup with Online Product Reviews;
Best Mashup with Search; and Most
Innovative. CPSC, in consultation with
the judges, reserves the right in its
discretion not to make an award in one
or more categories based on factors such
as quality, quantity or nature of eligible
entries.
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3. Participation in the contest will be
through the Consumer Product Safety
Apps Challenge on
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com.
CPSC will administer the challenge
according to the rules and requirements
posted on
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com.
4. The rules in this Notice supplement
the rules on the
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com
Web site. If there is a conflict between
or among any requirement stated on
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com
and the provisions of this Notice, the
provisions of this Notice will govern.
5. Important: Entries must be made
through the
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com
Web site. Registration through
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com
constitutes ‘‘registration to participate in
the competition,’’ required by Section
105(g)(1) of the Act.
6. Entries must comply with form,
content, accessibility, platform, security,
privacy, eligibility, and other
requirements set forth on the
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com
Web site.
7. Basis on which a winner will be
selected:
a. Contestants must demonstrate to
the satisfaction of the judges:
Usefulness, innovativeness, usability,
and potential reach and impact.
• ‘‘Usefulness’’ is defined as the
ability to empower users to engage with,
and act on, consumer product safety
information on an ongoing basis. The
best apps will provide this safety
information, tailored to the needs of the
user.
• For innovativeness, each entry will
be rated for the degree of creativity the
entry brings to applications focused on
consumer product safety. Innovative
approaches to reaching large numbers of
consumers will score highest. Bonus
points will be given for entries that add
a ‘‘fun factor’’ to enhance users’
knowledge about consumer product
safety.
• ‘‘Usability’’ is defined as userfriendly and interactive. These
capabilities will be awarded the highest
marks. Entries should be applicable and
attractive to people who are not
necessarily ‘‘high tech.’’ Additional
consideration will be given for usability
by people in diverse populations.
• For potential reach and impact, the
top tools will prove that they can engage
a large number of consumers on a
regular basis and will engage consumers
in a way that encourages consumers to
act upon the consumer product safety
information.
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b. Apps must be designed for the
Web, a personal computer, a mobile
device (e.g., mobile phone, portable
sensor), tablet, console, or any platform
broadly accessible on the open Internet.
c. Applications developed for mobile
phones must specify the specific
operating system(s) on which the app
runs and provide a site where the app
can be downloaded.
d. Applications must upload data
within 24 hours of its release by CPSC
to keep information current.
8. Eligibility: To be eligible to
participate in the Consumer Product
Safety Apps Contest and win a prize:
a. A contestant must create an account
on the
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com
Web site by supplying his/her name and
email address. Creating an account will
constitute ‘‘registration to participate in
the competition,’’ as provided in the
Act.
b. A contestant who is an individual
must be at least eighteen (18) years of
age, and be a citizen of or permanent
resident of the United States. If the
contestant is an entity, the entity must
be incorporated in, and maintain a
primary place of business in the United
States.
c. No contestant can be a federal
entity or federal employee acting within
the scope of the federal entity or federal
employee’s employment.
d. No application submitted in the
Contest may use CPSC’s logo or official
seal or the logo of SaferProducts.gov in
any manner, nor may any contestant,
application or submission claim or
imply federal government endorsement
or approval. Applications must make
clear to consumers who access the
application that use of the application
establishes a relationship between the
creator of the application and the
consumer and that no user of the
application will have any rights,
whether contractual or otherwise,
against or with respect to, CPSC. CPSC
will merely provide a link or access to
winning applications and CPSC will
have no obligation to promote or
advertise any application. The following
disclaimer must be displayed on all
applications or tools submitted to the
Contest: This product is not developed
or endorsed by CPSC.
e. Each contestant must agree to
assume any and all risks and waive any
claims against the U.S. 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 the Consumer
Product Safety Apps Challenge, whether
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the injury, death, damage or loss arises
through negligence, or otherwise.
Participants will not be required to
waive claims against CPSC that arise
from the unauthorized use or disclosure
by the agency of the intellectual
property, trade secrets, or confidential
information of the contestant.
f. Each contestant may join more than
one team, corporation, or nonprofit
organization, if the contestant is an
individual.
g. The Chairman of the CPSC will
determine whether contestants will be
responsible for obtaining insurance to
cover claims by any third party for
death, bodily injury, or property damage
or loss resulting from an activity carried
out in connection with, or participation
in, the Consumer Product Safety Apps
Challenge. Insurance requirements will
be set forth in the rules and
requirements provided on
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com.
h. Each contestant must comply with
all requirements of this Notice, the rules
and requirements posted on
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com,
and all requirements established by the
Act.
9. Procedures for obtaining additional
information:
a. During the period of the Consumer
Product Safety Apps Challenge, CPSC
will operate and maintain a moderated
discussion board at
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com,
to which potential contestants may
submit questions to CPSC.
b. CPSC may choose not to respond to
any question or comment or to delete
questions or comments that CPSC
determines are not relevant to the
competition. CPSC’s responses to
questions on the discussion board are
not official guidance.
c. CPSC may also maintain a blog on
the
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com
Web site, on which CPSC may post
official guidance related to the
Consumer Product Safety Apps
Challenge. All contestants are bound by
official guidance on the blog that is
posted before submission of a
participant’s entry.
10. Intellectual Property:
a. CPSC does not accept any
responsibility for a registered
contestant’s lack of compliance with
intellectual property or other federal
law. Contestants are subject to the
Competition’s Intellectual Property
policies set forth on
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com.
b. Each winner of the Consumer
Product Safety Apps Challenge, in
consideration of the prize to be
awarded, will be required to grant to
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CPSC, an irrevocable, paid-up, royaltyfree nonexclusive worldwide license to
post, link to, and display publicly on
the Web the winning application(s), for
the purpose of the Challenge, during the
duration of the Challenge, and for a
period of one (1) year after
announcement of the winner(s).
c. All contestants will retain all other
intellectual property rights over their
submissions.
d. CPSC, in its sole and exclusive
discretion, may choose to negotiate with
any registered contestant to acquire a
license to use any intellectual property
developed in connection with the
Consumer Product Safety Apps
Challenge.
11. Judges and Judging Procedures:
a. Subject to the requirements of
Public Law No. 111–358, Sec 24 (k),
CPSC’s Office of Communications,
acting on behalf of, and with the
authority of the Chairman of the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission,
will appoint one or more qualified
individuals to act as judges of the CPSC
Consumer Product Safety Apps
Challenge. Judges may include
individuals from outside CPSC,
including individuals from the private
sector and individuals nominated by the
Competition. Judges will operate in a
transparent manner.
b. A judge may not have a personal or
financial interest in, or be an employee,
officer, director, or agent of, any entity
or individual that is a registered
contestant in the Consumer Product
Safety Apps Challenge. No judge may
have a familial or financial relationship
with any individual who is a registered
contestant.
c. A judge may not have any matter
pending before CPSC or represent
anyone in any matter pending before the
agency.
d. Specific tasks related to the judging
process may be delegated to CPSC
employees or employees of a
collaborating federal agency.
e. Judges shall have the authority to
disregard any minor error in an entry
that does not create any substantial
benefit or detriment to any contestant.
f. Decisions of the judges are final.
12. Payment of Prizes, Use of Prize
Money, and Post-Award Performance:
a. Prize money will be paid after the
announcement of the winners, in a time
frame consistent with the award
ceremony, which will be held
approximately in July or August 2014.
b. CPSC may pay prize money
directly. In such a case, the winner will
provide CPSC with sufficient
information to support payment
transactions in accordance with CPSC
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fiscal policy and the issuance of Internal
Revenue Service Form 1099.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
Dated: January 15, 2014.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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Defense Acquisition Regulations
System
[Docket Number DARS–2013–0049]
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
ACTION:
Notice.
The Defense Acquisition Regulations
System has submitted to OMB for
clearance, the following proposal for
collection of information under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by February 21,
2014.
Title, Associated Form, and OMB
Number: Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement (DFARS) part
237, Service Contracting, and associated
clauses at DFARS 252–237–7000, Notice
of Special Standards of Responsibility;
252.237–7011, Preparation History, and
DD Form 2063, Record of Preparation
and Disposition of Remains (Within
CONUS); 252.237–7023, Continuation of
Essential Contractor Services; and
252.237–7024, Notice of Continuation of
Essential Contractor Services; OMB
Control Number 0704–0231, which
incorporates the annual reporting
burden previously approved under
OMB Control Number 0704–0465.
Type of Request: Extension.
Number of Respondents: 7,810.
Responses per Respondent: 1.22.
Annual Responses: 9,560.
Average Burden per Response:
Approximately 1.87 hours.
Annual Burden Hours: 17,905.
Needs and Uses: This information
collection is used by contracting officers
for the following purposes:
(1) Audit Services. The clause at 252–
237–7000 is used to provide information
that enables verification that the
apparently successful offeror for audit
services is licensed by the cognizant
licensing authority in the state or other
political jurisdiction where the offeror
operates its professional practice.
(2) Mortuary Services. The clause at
DFARS 252.237–7011 and DD Form
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Announcement of Consumer Product Safety Apps Challenge Under the
America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2011
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: To raise awareness of recalls of consumer products and of
consumer product safety reports submitted to the U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC), the Commission announces a
prize contest under section 105 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization
Act of 2011, 15 U.S.C. 3719 (Act).
DATES: Entries will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. ET on April 28, 2014.
Judging will be complete on or about June 30, 2014. Winners are
expected to be announced during an awards ceremony in the July or
August 2014 time frame.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacey Palosky, Public Affairs
Specialist, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7648; spalosky@cpsc.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of
injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the
agency's jurisdiction. CPSC has issued more than 13,000 consumer
product recalls since the agency's creation in 1973.
Through CPSC's Web site www.SaferProducts.gov, consumers, child
service providers, health care professionals, government officials, and
public safety entities can submit reports of harm involving consumer
products. Manufacturers (including importers) and private labelers
identified in reports receive a copy of the report and have the
opportunity to comment on the report. Completed reports and
manufacturer comments are published online at www.SaferProducts.gov for
anyone to search.
Through the Consumer Product Safety Apps Challenge, the CPSC seeks
applications and innovative tools that raise awareness of consumer
product safety reports and recalls of consumer products. Because many
consumers get consumer product safety information online, CPSC seeks
apps and tools that combine recalls and safety reports with online
auction sites, online product reviews, search engines and other
innovative places where consumers get product information.
CPSC intends to promote the winning applications and tools. Except
as set forth in this Notice, CPSC does not plan to retain any
intellectual property rights, or assert ownership rights relating to
any Consumer Product Safety Apps Challenge submissions, applications or
tools.
Contest Requirements and Rules
1. Subject of the Contest: A key goal of the CPSC is to empower
consumers with safety information about consumer products. CPSC is
challenging developers to create applications (apps) and innovative
tools that raise awareness of consumer safety reports submitted to CPSC
through its Web site, SaferProducts.gov, and inform the public of
recalls of consumer products.
2. Amount of the prize: CPSC will award $1,000 to one winner in
each of the following four categories: Best Mashup with Online Auction
Sites; Best Mashup with Online Product Reviews; Best Mashup with
Search; and Most Innovative. CPSC, in consultation with the judges,
reserves the right in its discretion not to make an award in one or
more categories based on factors such as quality, quantity or nature of
eligible entries.
3. Participation in the contest will be through the Consumer
Product Safety Apps Challenge on productsafetyapps.challengepost.com.
CPSC will administer the challenge according to the rules and
requirements posted on productsafetyapps.challengepost.com.
4. The rules in this Notice supplement the rules on the
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com Web site. If there is a conflict
between or among any requirement stated on
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com and the provisions of this Notice,
the provisions of this Notice will govern.
5. Important: Entries must be made through the
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com Web site. Registration through
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com constitutes ``registration to
participate in the competition,'' required by Section 105(g)(1) of the
Act.
6. Entries must comply with form, content, accessibility, platform,
security, privacy, eligibility, and other requirements set forth on the
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com Web site.
7. Basis on which a winner will be selected:
a. Contestants must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the judges:
Usefulness, innovativeness, usability, and potential reach and impact.
``Usefulness'' is defined as the ability to empower users
to engage with, and act on, consumer product safety information on an
ongoing basis. The best apps will provide this safety information,
tailored to the needs of the user.
For innovativeness, each entry will be rated for the
degree of creativity the entry brings to applications focused on
consumer product safety. Innovative approaches to reaching large
numbers of consumers will score highest. Bonus points will be given for
entries that add a ``fun factor'' to enhance users' knowledge about
consumer product safety.
``Usability'' is defined as user-friendly and interactive.
These capabilities will be awarded the highest marks. Entries should be
applicable and attractive to people who are not necessarily ``high
tech.'' Additional consideration will be given for usability by people
in diverse populations.
For potential reach and impact, the top tools will prove
that they can engage a large number of consumers on a regular basis and
will engage consumers in a way that encourages consumers to act upon
the consumer product safety information.
b. Apps must be designed for the Web, a personal computer, a mobile
device (e.g., mobile phone, portable sensor), tablet, console, or any
platform broadly accessible on the open Internet.
c. Applications developed for mobile phones must specify the
specific operating system(s) on which the app runs and provide a site
where the app can be downloaded.
d. Applications must upload data within 24 hours of its release by
CPSC to keep information current.
8. Eligibility: To be eligible to participate in the Consumer
Product Safety Apps Contest and win a prize:
a. A contestant must create an account on the
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com Web site by supplying his/her name
and email address. Creating an account will constitute ``registration
to participate in the competition,'' as provided in the Act.
b. A contestant who is an individual must be at least eighteen (18)
years of age, and be a citizen of or permanent resident of the United
States. If the contestant is an entity, the entity must be incorporated
in, and maintain a primary place of business in the United States.
c. No contestant can be a federal entity or federal employee acting
within the scope of the federal entity or federal employee's
employment.
d. No application submitted in the Contest may use CPSC's logo or
official seal or the logo of SaferProducts.gov in any manner, nor may
any contestant, application or submission claim or imply federal
government endorsement or approval. Applications must make clear to
consumers who access the application that use of the application
establishes a relationship between the creator of the application and
the consumer and that no user of the application will have any rights,
whether contractual or otherwise, against or with respect to, CPSC.
CPSC will merely provide a link or access to winning applications and
CPSC will have no obligation to promote or advertise any application.
The following disclaimer must be displayed on all applications or tools
submitted to the Contest: This product is not developed or endorsed by
CPSC.
e. Each contestant must agree to assume any and all risks and waive
any claims against the U.S. 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 the Consumer Product
Safety Apps Challenge, whether
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the injury, death, damage or loss arises through negligence, or
otherwise. Participants will not be required to waive claims against
CPSC that arise from the unauthorized use or disclosure by the agency
of the intellectual property, trade secrets, or confidential
information of the contestant.
f. Each contestant may join more than one team, corporation, or
nonprofit organization, if the contestant is an individual.
g. The Chairman of the CPSC will determine whether contestants will
be responsible for obtaining insurance to cover claims by any third
party for death, bodily injury, or property damage or loss resulting
from an activity carried out in connection with, or participation in,
the Consumer Product Safety Apps Challenge. Insurance requirements will
be set forth in the rules and requirements provided on
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com.
h. Each contestant must comply with all requirements of this
Notice, the rules and requirements posted on
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com, and all requirements established
by the Act.
9. Procedures for obtaining additional information:
a. During the period of the Consumer Product Safety Apps Challenge,
CPSC will operate and maintain a moderated discussion board at
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com, to which potential contestants may
submit questions to CPSC.
b. CPSC may choose not to respond to any question or comment or to
delete questions or comments that CPSC determines are not relevant to
the competition. CPSC's responses to questions on the discussion board
are not official guidance.
c. CPSC may also maintain a blog on the
productsafetyapps.challengepost.com Web site, on which CPSC may post
official guidance related to the Consumer Product Safety Apps
Challenge. All contestants are bound by official guidance on the blog
that is posted before submission of a participant's entry.
10. Intellectual Property:
a. CPSC does not accept any responsibility for a registered
contestant's lack of compliance with intellectual property or other
federal law. Contestants are subject to the Competition's Intellectual
Property policies set forth on productsafetyapps.challengepost.com.
b. Each winner of the Consumer Product Safety Apps Challenge, in
consideration of the prize to be awarded, will be required to grant to
CPSC, an irrevocable, paid-up, royalty-free nonexclusive worldwide
license to post, link to, and display publicly on the Web the winning
application(s), for the purpose of the Challenge, during the duration
of the Challenge, and for a period of one (1) year after announcement
of the winner(s).
c. All contestants will retain all other intellectual property
rights over their submissions.
d. CPSC, in its sole and exclusive discretion, may choose to
negotiate with any registered contestant to acquire a license to use
any intellectual property developed in connection with the Consumer
Product Safety Apps Challenge.
11. Judges and Judging Procedures:
a. Subject to the requirements of Public Law No. 111-358, Sec 24
(k), CPSC's Office of Communications, acting on behalf of, and with the
authority of the Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission, will appoint one or more qualified individuals to act as
judges of the CPSC Consumer Product Safety Apps Challenge. Judges may
include individuals from outside CPSC, including individuals from the
private sector and individuals nominated by the Competition. Judges
will operate in a transparent manner.
b. A judge may not have a personal or financial interest in, or be
an employee, officer, director, or agent of, any entity or individual
that is a registered contestant in the Consumer Product Safety Apps
Challenge. No judge may have a familial or financial relationship with
any individual who is a registered contestant.
c. A judge may not have any matter pending before CPSC or represent
anyone in any matter pending before the agency.
d. Specific tasks related to the judging process may be delegated
to CPSC employees or employees of a collaborating federal agency.
e. Judges shall have the authority to disregard any minor error in
an entry that does not create any substantial benefit or detriment to
any contestant.
f. Decisions of the judges are final.
12. Payment of Prizes, Use of Prize Money, and Post-Award
Performance:
a. Prize money will be paid after the announcement of the winners,
in a time frame consistent with the award ceremony, which will be held
approximately in July or August 2014.
b. CPSC may pay prize money directly. In such a case, the winner
will provide CPSC with sufficient information to support payment
transactions in accordance with CPSC fiscal policy and the issuance of
Internal Revenue Service Form 1099.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
Dated: January 15, 2014.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2014-01085 Filed 1-21-14; 8:45 am]
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