Announcement of Requirements and Registration for the “MRC Serves” Video Challenge, 51456-51459 [2016-18427]
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Dated: July 28, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Announcement of Requirements and
Registration for the ‘‘MRC Serves’’
Video Challenge
Office of the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Medical Reserve Corps
(MRC) Program housed under the Office
of the Assistant Secretary for
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Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
within the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS), announces
the launch of the ‘‘MRC Serves’’ Video
Challenge. The MRC is a national
network of volunteers, organized locally
to improve the health and safety of their
communities. MRC volunteers have
medical, public health, other
backgrounds and have responded to
natural disasters, public health and
other emergencies, while also
supporting community health activities.
The MRC Program is looking for
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innovative and cost effective ways to
promote these activities and
demonstrate how MRC units and their
volunteers make their communities
healthier, prepared, and more resilient.
Today there are nearly 200,000
volunteers, in almost 1,000 MRC units
nationwide, who give their skills and
time year around to support their
communities and serve as ambassadors
for the MRC to their friends, families,
neighbors, and co-workers. The MRC
Program would like to engage MRC
volunteers to also be national
ambassadors by creating short
promotional videos that will be used by
the MRC Program to highlight how
serving as MRC volunteers makes
communities healthier, more prepared,
and more resilient.
DATES: Challenge begins on August 1,
2016, and ends on September 2, 2016 at
11 p.m. EDT. ASPR staff will judge
eligible submissions and select
semifinalists September 6–7, 2016.
Judging of semifinalist videos will take
place from September 8–26, 2016. The
winners will be notified and announced
no later than September 30, 2016.
Timeline changes will be announced on
https://mrc.hhs.gov as well as on the
MRC Program’s listservs and social
media.
Contestants must be a
member of a local Medical Reserve
Corps unit. Videos must be submitted
between August 1, 2016 and September
2, 2016. Contestants may be individuals
or groups. A contestant can submit a
video for each question for up to three
total videos. Make sure to only answer
one question per video. To register for
the Challenge, each contestant will need
to create a free account at https://
www.challenge.gov. Groups must
submit an entry through a single
designated individual or entity within
the group. Contestants must follow
submission rules found at https://
www.challenge.gov/challenge/mrcserves.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please submit an inquiry via
MRCContact@hhs.gov.
MRC units
consist of volunteers from all walks of
life. We want to highlight the reasons
that MRC volunteers join and continue
to volunteer with the question, why I
volunteer with the MRC? By answering
the questions—How does MRC make my
community healthier? and How does
MRC make my community more
prepared and resilient?—the goal is to
highlight specific examples of how MRC
units and their volunteers are making a
difference. Contestants are encouraged
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to be creative when addressing these
questions and sharing their story. The
video can include other visuals such as
footage or pictures of a MRC activity or
event (see Contest Guidelines section for
restrictions). Contestants are encouraged
to wear MRC gear such as shirts and
hats. Videos can also be submitted as a
group with fellow MRC volunteers.
The challenge is authorized by Public
Law 111–358, the America Creating
Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote
Excellence in Technology, Education
and Science Reauthorization Act of
2010 (COMPETES Act).
Eligible Entities: This video contest is
open to MRC volunteers and MRC units.
Contestants may be individuals, public
or private entities that are MRC units, or
groups. An individual, whether
participating individually or in a group,
must be a citizen or permanent resident
of the U.S. If the contestant is less than
18 at the time of entry, the entrant must
have a completed Parental/Guardian
Consent Form. In the case of a private
entity, the entity must be incorporated
in and maintain a primary place of
business in the U.S. Federal entities are
not eligible; federal employees acting
within the scope of their employment
are not eligible. ASPR employees are not
eligible. Federal grantees may not use
federal funds to develop an application
unless consistent with the purpose of
their grant award and specifically
requested to do so due to competition
design and as announced in the Federal
Register. Federal contractors may not
use federal funds from a contract to
develop applications or to fund efforts
in support of a challenge submission.
The contest is subject to all applicable
federal laws and regulations.
Participation constitutes contestant’s
full and unconditional agreement to
these official rules, which are final and
binding in all matters related to the
contest. Eligibility for a prize award is
contingent upon fulfilling all
requirements set forth herein. 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 on
an equitable basis.
Contest Guidelines: Only complete
entries that follow application
instructions will be reviewed. ASPR
reserves the right to disqualify
participants in instances where
misconduct is identified. We expect
participants will treat each other and
their communities with respect. We will
not accept submissions that contain
vulgar language, personal attacks, or
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offensive terms that target individuals or
groups. We will not accept submissions
that promote services or products.
Submissions that make unsupported
claims will not be accepted. Other rules
include:
• Contestants must be a member of a
local Medical Reserve Corps unit;
• Contestants must submit their video
by September 2, 2016, at 11 p.m. EDT;
• All videos must be submitted
through the Challenge Web site at
https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/
mrc-serves;
• A video must be 60–90 seconds and
must answer only one of these three
questions:
1. Why I/we volunteer with the MRC?;
2. How does the MRC make my
community healthier?;
3. How does the MRC make my
community more prepared and
resilient?;
• The video should be an MPEG–4
video file with an aspect ratio of 16 x
9;
• The trademarked MRC logo or the
words Medical Reserve Corps/MRC
should be clearly visible and accurately
displayed in the video; view the MRC
Identity Guide for guidance on correct
logo use at https://mrc.hhs.gov/;
• Contestants may submit their entry
as an individual or part of a group;
• Submissions by groups should be
submitted only once by one member of
the group (one prize will be awarded for
each winning entry);
• Contestants must upload their video
to YouTube (https://www.youtube.com)
and add the link to their video on the
‘‘Submit Solutions’’ form, along with a
description and transcript of the video;
• Each video must contain closed
captioning;
• Only use royalty free music and/or
images. No copyrighted images, footage,
or music;
• Do not promote any company,
service, or product in the video;
• Do not include any personal
identifiable information in the video
such as unit badges;
• Helpful links and information:
Æ YouTube: How to upload https://
support.google.com/youtube/answer/
57407?hl=en&rd=1.
Æ YouTube: How to add closed
captions https://support.google.com/
youtube/answer/
57407?hl=en&rd=1.
• If under 18, a contestant must have
their adult parent or legal guardian
complete the Parental/Guardian Consent
Form at https://www.phe.gov/
Preparedness/planning/authority/nhss/
Documents/parental-consent-form.pdf.
This form must be submitted with your
entry.
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• Contestants must have the
necessary documented permissions for
individuals heard and/or seen on the
submitted video. Please have
individuals who are identifiable in the
video complete a release form.
• The documented permission of the
adult parent or guardian of each person
under the age of 18 seen or heard in the
video is also required.
• Any individual contestant or group
entry with a member on the Excluded
Parties List (https://www.sam.gov/sam/
transcript/Public_-_Identifying_
Excluded_Entities.pdf) will not be
eligible for prizes.
• The video must be an original
creation. Contestants must not infringe
upon any copyright or any other rights
of any third party.
• By submitting a video to this
contest, contestants grant a royalty-free
license to ASPR to copy, distribute,
modify, display and perform publicly
and otherwise use, and authorize others
to use, your video for any educational
purpose throughout the world and in
any media.
• By submitting a video to this
contest, contestants agree that the MRC
and ASPR may make your video
available to the public from their Web
sites (https://mrc.hhs.gov and https://
www.phe.gov) and to distribute it to
organizations interested in showing it
for educational purposes. That includes,
but is not limited to, internet sites,
conferences and events, and television
and other media outlets.
• Contestants must agree that if your
video is selected as a winner that you
are willing to submit a digital file of the
video for the above mentioned
purposes.
• Contestants must agree to follow
applicable local, state, and federal laws,
regulations, and policies.
• ASPR reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to cancel, suspend, or
otherwise modify the challenge, or not
award prizes if no entries are deemed
worthy.
• Contestants must comply with these
terms and conditions of these rules.
Submission Topic: All video
submissions should answer one of three
questions: ‘‘Why I/we volunteer with
the MRC?’’, ‘‘How does the MRC make
my community healthier?’’, ‘‘How does
the MRC make my community more
prepared and resilient?’’.
Judges and Winner Selection:
Submissions will be judged by a panel
of MRC and other ASPR staff, qualified
by training and experience, to evaluate
submissions on the identified criteria
and select the semifinalists. Judges will
rate the semi-finalists based upon the
judging criteria. Judges will be fair and
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impartial, may not have a personal or
financial interest in, or be an employee,
officer, director, or agent of, any entity
that is a registered participant in the
competition, and may not have a
familial or financial relationship with
an individual who is a registered
contestant. ASPR staff will select the
final winners by calculating the final
scores.
Judging Criteria: Submissions will be
scored by the challenge reviewers using
the following criteria:
• Clear and consistent message/
Overall impact (35 percent): Is the story
clear, educational, inspiring, and
persuasive? Does it motivate others to
serve as MRC volunteers? Is it clear how
the MRC impacts their community?
• Creativity and originality (25
percent): How creatively does the video
answer the challenge question? How
original is the idea?
• Production quality (25 percent):
Does the video effectively use lighting,
sound, and editing to tell the story? Is
the dialogue clear and easy to
understand? Do visual effects (if any)
contribute to the message or detract
from it?
• MRC Identity (15 percent): Does the
video do a good job of promoting the
MRC brand by showing the trademarked
logo or names Medical Reserve Corps
and MRC?
Winners and Recognition: There will
be one winner selected for each category
for a total of up to three winners. If you
are selected as a winner, you will need
to submit your digital video file to the
MRC Program. The winners will be
announced no later than September 30,
2016, on the MRC Program’s listservs,
Web site, and social media channels.
Winning videos will be recognized on
the MRC Program’s Web site and social
media and may also be posted to the
ASPR Web site and social media.
Winners will be invited to attend the
2017 Preparedness Summit where they
will be recognized by MRC Program
leadership and have their travel,
lodging, and expenses covered. For
group submissions that win, an
invitation will be extended to one
representative from the group who will
be eligible to receive travel, lodging, and
costs to attend the 2017 Preparedness
Summit.
Publicity: Except where prohibited,
participation in the challenge
constitutes the winner’s consent to use
the winner’s name, likeness,
photograph, voice, opinions, and/or
hometown and state information by
ASPR and the MRC Program in any
media without further payment or
consideration.
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Intellectual Property: By submitting
an entry to the challenge, each
contestant/submitter warrants that he or
she is the sole author and owner of any
copyrightable works that the entry
comprises (or has obtained sufficient
rights in any copyrightable works
owned by third parties to satisfy its
obligations set forth herein), that the
works are wholly original with the
contestant/submitter, and that the entry
does not infringe any copyright or any
other rights of any third party of which
contestant/submitter is aware.
To receive an award, contestant/
submitter will not be required to
transfer their intellectual property rights
to ASPR or the MRC Program. Each
contestant/submitter retains title to their
entry, and expressly reserves all
intellectual property rights (e.g.,
copyrights and rights to inventions and
patents that cover them) in their entry.
By participating in the challenge, each
contestant/submitter grants to the
federal government a nonexclusive,
non-transferrable, irrevocable, paid-up
license to practice or have practiced for
or on behalf of the U.S. any invention
throughout the world owned or
controlled by the contestant/submitter
that covers the entry, and grants to the
U.S. government and others acting on
behalf of the U.S. government, a royaltyfree, irrevocable, non-exclusive
worldwide license to use, reproduce,
and display publicly all parts of the
entry for the purposes of the challenge.
This license includes, without
limitation, posting or linking to the
entry on the ASPR, MRC, and official
Challenge Web sites. Contestants/
submitters are free to discuss their entry
and the ideas or technologies that it
contains with other parties, encouraged
to share ideas/technologies publicly,
and free to contract with any third
parties, as long as they do not sign any
agreement or undertake any obligation
that conflicts with the challenge rules
set forth herein.
Liability: By participating in this
challenge, each contestant/submitter
agrees to assume any and all risks and
waive claims against the federal
government and its related entities (as
defined in the America COMPETES
Act), the challenge’s expert advisors and
judges, 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 challenge, whether
the injury, death, damage, or loss arises
through negligence or otherwise. By
participating in this challenge, each
contestant/submitter agrees to
indemnify the federal government
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against third party claims for damages
arising from or related to challenge
activities.
Insurance: Based on the subject
matter of the challenge, the type of work
that it will possibly require, as well as
an analysis of the likelihood of any
claims for death, bodily injury, or
property damage, or loss potentially
resulting from competition
participation, contestants are not
required to obtain liability insurance or
demonstrate financial responsibility in
order to participate in this challenge.
Warranties: By submitting an entry to
the challenge, each contestant/submitter
represents and warrants that all
information provided in the entry and
as a result of the challenge registration
process is true and complete, that
contestant/submitter has the right and
authority to submit such entry on the
contestant’s/submitter’s own behalf or
on behalf of the persons and entities
specified within the entry, and that the
entry:
• Is your original work, or is
submitted by permission with full and
proper credit given within your entry;
• Does not contain confidential
information or trade secrets (yours or
anyone else’s);
• Does not knowingly violate or
infringe upon the patent rights,
industrial design rights, copyrights,
trademarks, rights in technical data,
rights of privacy, publicity or other
intellectual property or other rights of
any person or entity;
• Does not contain malicious code,
such as viruses, malware, timebombs,
cancelbots, worms, Trojan horses, or
other potentially harmful programs or
other material or information.
General Conditions: ASPR reserves
the right to cancel, suspend, and/or
modify this challenge at any time. In the
event the challenge is modified,
contestants/submitters registered in the
challenge will be notified by email and
provided with a copy of the amended
challenge rules and a listing of the
changes that were made. Any
contestant/submitter who continues to
participate in the challenge following
receipt of such a notice of amendment(s)
will be deemed to have accepted any
such amendment(s). If a contestant/
submitter does not wish to continue to
participate in the challenge pursuant to
the Official Rules, as amended, such
contestant/submitter may terminate
participation in the challenge by not
submitting additional entries or
withdrawing their submission. ASPR
reserves the right to not award prizes if
no entries are deemed worthy. Only
complete entries that follow application
instructions will be reviewed and
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eligible to win. ASPR reserves the right
to disqualify any challenge participants
in instances where misconduct is
identified or other contest guidelines are
not met.
Dated: July 28, 2016.
Nicole Lurie,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response.
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collection of information.
AGENCY:
U.S. Customs and Border
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no change to the burden hours or to the
information collected. This document is
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DATES: Written comments should be
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(1) Email. Submit comments to: CBP_
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Impact Analysis Branch, 10th Floor, 90
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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and Border Protection, Regulations and
Rulings, Office of Trade, 90 K Street
NE., 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229–
1177, or via telephone (202) 325–0123,
Please note contact information
provided here is solely for questions
regarding this notice. Individuals
seeking information about other CBP
programs please contact the CBP
National Customer Service Center at
877–227–5511, (TTY) 1–800–877–8339,
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proposed and/or continuing information
collections pursuant to the Paperwork
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The comments should address: (a)
Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimates of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to
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of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden including
the use of automated collection
techniques or the use of other forms of
information technology; and (e) the
annual cost burden to respondents or
record keepers from the collection of
information (total capital/startup costs
and operations and maintenance costs).
The comments that are submitted will
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soliciting comments concerning the
following information collection:
Title: Record of Vessel Foreign Repair
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OMB Number: 1651–0027.
Form Number: CBP Form 226.
Abstract: 19 U.S.C. 1466(a) provides
for a 50 percent ad valorem duty
assessed on a vessel master or owner for
any repairs, purchases, or expenses
incurred in a foreign country by a
commercial vessel registered in the
United States. CBP Form 226, Record of
Vessel Foreign Repair or Equipment
Purchase, is used by the master or
owner of a vessel to declare and file
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materials purchased for the vessel in a
foreign country. This information
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foreign repairs, parts, or materials. CBP
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Announcement of Requirements and Registration for the ``MRC
Serves'' Video Challenge
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Program housed under the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
announces the launch of the ``MRC Serves'' Video Challenge. The MRC is
a national network of volunteers, organized locally to improve the
health and safety of their communities. MRC volunteers have medical,
public health, other backgrounds and have responded to natural
disasters, public health and other emergencies, while also supporting
community health activities. The MRC Program is looking for
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innovative and cost effective ways to promote these activities and
demonstrate how MRC units and their volunteers make their communities
healthier, prepared, and more resilient. Today there are nearly 200,000
volunteers, in almost 1,000 MRC units nationwide, who give their skills
and time year around to support their communities and serve as
ambassadors for the MRC to their friends, families, neighbors, and co-
workers. The MRC Program would like to engage MRC volunteers to also be
national ambassadors by creating short promotional videos that will be
used by the MRC Program to highlight how serving as MRC volunteers
makes communities healthier, more prepared, and more resilient.
DATES: Challenge begins on August 1, 2016, and ends on September 2,
2016 at 11 p.m. EDT. ASPR staff will judge eligible submissions and
select semifinalists September 6-7, 2016. Judging of semifinalist
videos will take place from September 8-26, 2016. The winners will be
notified and announced no later than September 30, 2016. Timeline
changes will be announced on https://mrc.hhs.gov as well as on the MRC
Program's listservs and social media.
ADDRESSES: Contestants must be a member of a local Medical Reserve
Corps unit. Videos must be submitted between August 1, 2016 and
September 2, 2016. Contestants may be individuals or groups. A
contestant can submit a video for each question for up to three total
videos. Make sure to only answer one question per video. To register
for the Challenge, each contestant will need to create a free account
at https://www.challenge.gov. Groups must submit an entry through a
single designated individual or entity within the group. Contestants
must follow submission rules found at https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/mrc-serves.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please submit an inquiry via
MRCContact@hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MRC units consist of volunteers from all
walks of life. We want to highlight the reasons that MRC volunteers
join and continue to volunteer with the question, why I volunteer with
the MRC? By answering the questions--How does MRC make my community
healthier? and How does MRC make my community more prepared and
resilient?--the goal is to highlight specific examples of how MRC units
and their volunteers are making a difference. Contestants are
encouraged to be creative when addressing these questions and sharing
their story. The video can include other visuals such as footage or
pictures of a MRC activity or event (see Contest Guidelines section for
restrictions). Contestants are encouraged to wear MRC gear such as
shirts and hats. Videos can also be submitted as a group with fellow
MRC volunteers.
The challenge is authorized by Public Law 111-358, the America
Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in
Technology, Education and Science Reauthorization Act of 2010 (COMPETES
Act).
Eligible Entities: This video contest is open to MRC volunteers and
MRC units. Contestants may be individuals, public or private entities
that are MRC units, or groups. An individual, whether participating
individually or in a group, must be a citizen or permanent resident of
the U.S. If the contestant is less than 18 at the time of entry, the
entrant must have a completed Parental/Guardian Consent Form. In the
case of a private entity, the entity must be incorporated in and
maintain a primary place of business in the U.S. Federal entities are
not eligible; federal employees acting within the scope of their
employment are not eligible. ASPR employees are not eligible. Federal
grantees may not use federal funds to develop an application unless
consistent with the purpose of their grant award and specifically
requested to do so due to competition design and as announced in the
Federal Register. Federal contractors may not use federal funds from a
contract to develop applications or to fund efforts in support of a
challenge submission. The contest is subject to all applicable federal
laws and regulations. Participation constitutes contestant's full and
unconditional agreement to these official rules, which are final and
binding in all matters related to the contest. Eligibility for a prize
award is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
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 on an equitable
basis.
Contest Guidelines: Only complete entries that follow application
instructions will be reviewed. ASPR reserves the right to disqualify
participants in instances where misconduct is identified. We expect
participants will treat each other and their communities with respect.
We will not accept submissions that contain vulgar language, personal
attacks, or offensive terms that target individuals or groups. We will
not accept submissions that promote services or products. Submissions
that make unsupported claims will not be accepted. Other rules include:
Contestants must be a member of a local Medical Reserve
Corps unit;
Contestants must submit their video by September 2, 2016,
at 11 p.m. EDT;
All videos must be submitted through the Challenge Web
site at https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/mrc-serves;
A video must be 60-90 seconds and must answer only one of
these three questions:
1. Why I/we volunteer with the MRC?;
2. How does the MRC make my community healthier?;
3. How does the MRC make my community more prepared and resilient?;
The video should be an MPEG-4 video file with an aspect
ratio of 16 x 9;
The trademarked MRC logo or the words Medical Reserve
Corps/MRC should be clearly visible and accurately displayed in the
video; view the MRC Identity Guide for guidance on correct logo use at
https://mrc.hhs.gov/;
Contestants may submit their entry as an individual or
part of a group;
Submissions by groups should be submitted only once by one
member of the group (one prize will be awarded for each winning entry);
Contestants must upload their video to YouTube (https://www.youtube.com) and add the link to their video on the ``Submit
Solutions'' form, along with a description and transcript of the video;
Each video must contain closed captioning;
Only use royalty free music and/or images. No copyrighted
images, footage, or music;
Do not promote any company, service, or product in the
video;
Do not include any personal identifiable information in
the video such as unit badges;
Helpful links and information:
[cir] YouTube: How to upload https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/57407?hl=en&;rd=1.
[cir] YouTube: How to add closed captions https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/57407?hl=en&;rd=1.
If under 18, a contestant must have their adult parent or
legal guardian complete the Parental/Guardian Consent Form at https://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/planning/authority/nhss/Documents/parental-consent-form.pdf. This form must be submitted with your entry.
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Contestants must have the necessary documented permissions
for individuals heard and/or seen on the submitted video. Please have
individuals who are identifiable in the video complete a release form.
The documented permission of the adult parent or guardian
of each person under the age of 18 seen or heard in the video is also
required.
Any individual contestant or group entry with a member on
the Excluded Parties List (https://www.sam.gov/sam/transcript/Public_-_Identifying_Excluded_Entities.pdf) will not be eligible for prizes.
The video must be an original creation. Contestants must
not infringe upon any copyright or any other rights of any third party.
By submitting a video to this contest, contestants grant a
royalty-free license to ASPR to copy, distribute, modify, display and
perform publicly and otherwise use, and authorize others to use, your
video for any educational purpose throughout the world and in any
media.
By submitting a video to this contest, contestants agree
that the MRC and ASPR may make your video available to the public from
their Web sites (https://mrc.hhs.gov and https://www.phe.gov) and to
distribute it to organizations interested in showing it for educational
purposes. That includes, but is not limited to, internet sites,
conferences and events, and television and other media outlets.
Contestants must agree that if your video is selected as a
winner that you are willing to submit a digital file of the video for
the above mentioned purposes.
Contestants must agree to follow applicable local, state,
and federal laws, regulations, and policies.
ASPR reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to
cancel, suspend, or otherwise modify the challenge, or not award prizes
if no entries are deemed worthy.
Contestants must comply with these terms and conditions of
these rules.
Submission Topic: All video submissions should answer one of three
questions: ``Why I/we volunteer with the MRC?'', ``How does the MRC
make my community healthier?'', ``How does the MRC make my community
more prepared and resilient?''.
Judges and Winner Selection: Submissions will be judged by a panel
of MRC and other ASPR staff, qualified by training and experience, to
evaluate submissions on the identified criteria and select the
semifinalists. Judges will rate the semi-finalists based upon the
judging criteria. Judges will be fair and impartial, may not have a
personal or financial interest in, or be an employee, officer,
director, or agent of, any entity that is a registered participant in
the competition, and may not have a familial or financial relationship
with an individual who is a registered contestant. ASPR staff will
select the final winners by calculating the final scores.
Judging Criteria: Submissions will be scored by the challenge
reviewers using the following criteria:
Clear and consistent message/Overall impact (35 percent):
Is the story clear, educational, inspiring, and persuasive? Does it
motivate others to serve as MRC volunteers? Is it clear how the MRC
impacts their community?
Creativity and originality (25 percent): How creatively
does the video answer the challenge question? How original is the idea?
Production quality (25 percent): Does the video
effectively use lighting, sound, and editing to tell the story? Is the
dialogue clear and easy to understand? Do visual effects (if any)
contribute to the message or detract from it?
MRC Identity (15 percent): Does the video do a good job of
promoting the MRC brand by showing the trademarked logo or names
Medical Reserve Corps and MRC?
Winners and Recognition: There will be one winner selected for each
category for a total of up to three winners. If you are selected as a
winner, you will need to submit your digital video file to the MRC
Program. The winners will be announced no later than September 30,
2016, on the MRC Program's listservs, Web site, and social media
channels. Winning videos will be recognized on the MRC Program's Web
site and social media and may also be posted to the ASPR Web site and
social media. Winners will be invited to attend the 2017 Preparedness
Summit where they will be recognized by MRC Program leadership and have
their travel, lodging, and expenses covered. For group submissions that
win, an invitation will be extended to one representative from the
group who will be eligible to receive travel, lodging, and costs to
attend the 2017 Preparedness Summit.
Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the challenge
constitutes the winner's consent to use the winner's name, likeness,
photograph, voice, opinions, and/or hometown and state information by
ASPR and the MRC Program in any media without further payment or
consideration.
Intellectual Property: By submitting an entry to the challenge,
each contestant/submitter warrants that he or she is the sole author
and owner of any copyrightable works that the entry comprises (or has
obtained sufficient rights in any copyrightable works owned by third
parties to satisfy its obligations set forth herein), that the works
are wholly original with the contestant/submitter, and that the entry
does not infringe any copyright or any other rights of any third party
of which contestant/submitter is aware.
To receive an award, contestant/submitter will not be required to
transfer their intellectual property rights to ASPR or the MRC Program.
Each contestant/submitter retains title to their entry, and expressly
reserves all intellectual property rights (e.g., copyrights and rights
to inventions and patents that cover them) in their entry. By
participating in the challenge, each contestant/submitter grants to the
federal government a nonexclusive, non-transferrable, irrevocable,
paid-up license to practice or have practiced for or on behalf of the
U.S. any invention throughout the world owned or controlled by the
contestant/submitter that covers the entry, and grants to the U.S.
government and others acting on behalf of the U.S. government, a
royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive worldwide license to use,
reproduce, and display publicly all parts of the entry for the purposes
of the challenge. This license includes, without limitation, posting or
linking to the entry on the ASPR, MRC, and official Challenge Web
sites. Contestants/submitters are free to discuss their entry and the
ideas or technologies that it contains with other parties, encouraged
to share ideas/technologies publicly, and free to contract with any
third parties, as long as they do not sign any agreement or undertake
any obligation that conflicts with the challenge rules set forth
herein.
Liability: By participating in this challenge, each contestant/
submitter agrees to assume any and all risks and waive claims against
the federal government and its related entities (as defined in the
America COMPETES Act), the challenge's expert advisors and judges,
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
challenge, whether the injury, death, damage, or loss arises through
negligence or otherwise. By participating in this challenge, each
contestant/submitter agrees to indemnify the federal government
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against third party claims for damages arising from or related to
challenge activities.
Insurance: Based on the subject matter of the challenge, the type
of work that it will possibly require, as well as an analysis of the
likelihood of any claims for death, bodily injury, or property damage,
or loss potentially resulting from competition participation,
contestants are not required to obtain liability insurance or
demonstrate financial responsibility in order to participate in this
challenge.
Warranties: By submitting an entry to the challenge, each
contestant/submitter represents and warrants that all information
provided in the entry and as a result of the challenge registration
process is true and complete, that contestant/submitter has the right
and authority to submit such entry on the contestant's/submitter's own
behalf or on behalf of the persons and entities specified within the
entry, and that the entry:
Is your original work, or is submitted by permission with
full and proper credit given within your entry;
Does not contain confidential information or trade secrets
(yours or anyone else's);
Does not knowingly violate or infringe upon the patent
rights, industrial design rights, copyrights, trademarks, rights in
technical data, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual
property or other rights of any person or entity;
Does not contain malicious code, such as viruses, malware,
timebombs, cancelbots, worms, Trojan horses, or other potentially
harmful programs or other material or information.
General Conditions: ASPR reserves the right to cancel, suspend,
and/or modify this challenge at any time. In the event the challenge is
modified, contestants/submitters registered in the challenge will be
notified by email and provided with a copy of the amended challenge
rules and a listing of the changes that were made. Any contestant/
submitter who continues to participate in the challenge following
receipt of such a notice of amendment(s) will be deemed to have
accepted any such amendment(s). If a contestant/submitter does not wish
to continue to participate in the challenge pursuant to the Official
Rules, as amended, such contestant/submitter may terminate
participation in the challenge by not submitting additional entries or
withdrawing their submission. ASPR reserves the right to not award
prizes if no entries are deemed worthy. Only complete entries that
follow application instructions will be reviewed and eligible to win.
ASPR reserves the right to disqualify any challenge participants in
instances where misconduct is identified or other contest guidelines
are not met.
Dated: July 28, 2016.
Nicole Lurie,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
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