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function as a communication tool used 

by many Americans on a day-to-day 

basis for connecting with friends and 

strengthening social networks in order 

to enhance individuals’ ability to be 

prepared for disasters. The app should 

integrate the concepts of disaster 

preparedness and community resilience 

into an app that better prepares 

individuals for disasters, thereby 

strengthening national health security— 

a key priority for HHS. More 

information about these priority areas 

can be found at: http://www.phe.gov. 

Entrants are required to develop an 

app that enables a Facebook user to 

invite three Facebook friends to become 

‘Lifelines,’ or points of contact who 

agree to act as a source of support 

during disasters. Entrants are 

encouraged to creatively leverage 

Facebook’s existing networking and geolocating capabilities to enhance the 

app’s ability to increase personal 

preparedness, locate potential disaster 

victims, and streamline information 

sharing among social networks during 

disasters. 

Eligibility rules for participating in the 

competition: To be eligible to win a 

prize under this challenge, an 

individual or entity shall have complied 

with all requirements under this section 

titled Eligibility Rules for Participating: 

(1) Shall have registered to participate 

in the competition under the rules 

promulgated by the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 

and Response; 

(2) In the case of a private entity, shall 

be incorporated in and maintain a 

primary place of business in the United 

States, and in the case of an individual, 

whether participating singly or in a 

group, shall be a citizen or permanent 

resident of the United States; and 

(3) May not be a Federal entity or 

Federal employee acting within the 

scope of their employment. 

An individual or entity shall not be 

deemed ineligible because the 

individual or entity used Federal 

facilities or consulted with Federal 

employees during a competition if the 

facilities and employees are made 

available to all individuals and entities 

participating in the competition on an 

equitable basis. 

To be eligible to win a prize under 

this challenge, registered participants 

shall be required to sign a liability 

release in which they agree to assume 

any and all risks and waive claims 

against the Federal Government and its 

related entities, except in the case of 

willful misconduct, for any injury, 

death, damage, or loss of property, 

revenue, or profits, whether direct, 

indirect, or consequential, arising from 

their participation in a competition, 

whether the injury, death, damage, or 

loss arises through negligence or 

otherwise. 

As part of the registration process, 

registered participants shall agree to 

obtain liability insurance or 

demonstrate financial responsibility at 

the time of their entry, in amounts 

determined by the head of the Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 

and, for claims by— 

(1) A third party for death, bodily 

injury, or property damage, or loss 

resulting from an activity carried out in 

connection with participation in a 

competition, with the Federal 

Government named as an additional 

insured under the registered 

participant’s insurance policy and 

registered participants agreeing to 

indemnify the Federal Government 

against third party claims for damages 

arising from or related to competition 

activities; 

(2) The Federal Government for 

damage or loss to Government property 

resulting from such an activity. 

(3) As a condition for eligibility, 

participants will be required to sign an 

indemnification agreement as a part of 

the contest registration process, agreeing 

to indemnify the Federal Government 

against third party claims for damages 

arising from or related to competition 

activities. 

All participants are required to 

provide written consent to the eligibility 

rules in this section upon or before 

submitting an entry. Instructions for 

providing written consent will be 

provided during the registration 

process. 

Dates: 

• Submission Period for Initial 

Entries Begins: 12:01 a.m., EDT, August 

15th, 2011. 

• Submission Period for Initial 

Entries Ends: 11:59 p.m., EDT, 

September 15th, 2011. 

Registration process for participants: 

To register for this challenge 

participants should: 

• Access the http:// 

www.challenge.gov Web site and search 

for the ‘‘Lifeline Facebook App 

Challenge’’. 

• For more information on ASPR, 

visit: 

Æ http://www.phe.gov 

Amount of the prize: 

• First prize will receive $10,000. 

• Second prize $5,000. 

• Third prize $1,000. 

Basis upon which winner will be 

selected: 

The judging panel will make 

selections based upon the criteria found 

in the challenge at http:// 

www.challenge.gov which will post 

shortly. 

Additional Information 

Intellectual property: 

Ownership of intellectual property is 

determined by the following: 

• Each entrant retains title and full 

ownership in and to their submission. 

Entrants expressly reserve all 

intellectual property rights not 

expressly granted under the challenge 

agreement. 

License: 

Each entrant retains title and full 

ownership in and to their submission. 

Entrant expressly reserves all 

intellectual property rights not 

expressly granted under this agreement. 

By participating in the Challenge, each 

entrant hereby irrevocably grants to the 

Federal Government (including HHS) a 

limited, non-exclusive, royalty free, 

worldwide license and right to use the 

Submission to the extent necessary to 

administer the Challenge, and to 

publicly perform and publicly display 

the Submission, including without 

limitation, for advertising and 

promotional purposes relating to the 

Challenge. 

Team entries: 

By submitting a technology product as 

an entry in response to this Challenge, 

each team and each team member 

represents and warrants that, 

(a) The technology product, through 

its creation and its submission as an 

entry, does not violate any applicable 

laws. 

(b) The technology product, through 

its creation and its submission as an 

entry, does not infringe upon or violate 

intellectual property rights held by any 

third person or party. 

(c) The technology product be section 

508 compliant. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719. 

Dated: August 4, 2011. 

Nicole Lurie, 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response (ASPR). 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Notification of Single Source 

Cooperative Agreement Award for the 

Pasteur Foundation 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS), Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 

and Response (ASPR), Office of Policy 

and Planning (OPP). 


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ACTION: Notification of Single Source 

Cooperative Agreement Award for the 

Pasteur Foundation for Building and 

Strengthening Core Capacities for 

Influenza Preparedness and Response in 

Support of International Health 

Regulations (2005) Implementation in 

Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan 

Africa and Southeast Asia. CFDA#: 

93.019 

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Sections 301, 

307, 1701 and 2811 of the Public Health 

Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 241, 242l, 300u, 

300hh–10. 

AMOUNT OF SINGLE SOURCE AWARD: 

$1,800,000. 

PROJECT PERIOD: September 30, 2011 to 

September 29, 2014. 

SUMMARY: In FY2011, HHS/ASPR/OPP 

plans to provide a Single Source 

Cooperative Agreement Award to the 

Pasteur Foundation to build and 

strengthen core capacities for influenza 

preparedness and response in support of 

International Health Regulations (2005) 

implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa 

and Southeast Asia. 

ASPR, in close coordination with the 

HHS Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), will collaborate with 

the Pasteur Institute and Pasteur 

Institute affiliates in Cameroon, Central 

African Republic, and Senegal in Africa, 

and Cambodia in Asia to develop and 

implement activities for preparedness 

and response for pandemic influenza 

with applicability to other emerging 

respiratory infections and public health 

threats in general. The project will focus 

on building upon existing routine health 

systems to further develop IHR (2005) 

core capacities including 

communication (IHR National Focal 

Point communication), workforce 

development, and surveillance and 

laboratory diagnostics. This work will 

be performed in the context of Article 

44 of the IHR (2005), which directs State 

Parties to collaborate with each other to 

detect, assess, and respond to events, 

and to develop, strengthen, and 

maintain core public health capacities 

for surveillance and response. 

Single Source Justification 

In the recent past, ASPR and Pasteur 

Institute collaborated on developing 

epidemiological surveillance capacity 

for influenza-like illness (ILI) in five 

countries in Africa and three countries 

in Asia as the basis for developing the 

capacities to detect influenza viruses 

with epidemic or pandemic potential. 

As a result of this project and the 

collaboration with other international 

partners, eighty surveillance sites were 

established among the eight countries, 

the laboratories in Cameroon and 

Cambodia became National Reference 

Laboratories for avian influenza, and all 

eight laboratories in the host-countries 

became WHO National Influenza 

Centers. 

In Southeast Asia, the International 

Network of Pasteur Institutes is 

strategically positioned to study the 

natural history of Highly Pathogenic 

Avian Influenza (HPAI H5N1). 

Cambodia and its affiliated Pasteur 

Institute are important partners in the 

region that can act as a hub for training 

and sharing of technical expertise as its 

National Influenza Center can identify 

and isolate HPAI H5N1 strains and has 

experience in Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) 

and Severe Acute Respiratory Infections 

(SARI) surveillance. 

In Sub-Saharan Africa, Cameroon has 

built a surveillance system and the 

Centre Pasteur of Cameroun under the 

Ministry of Health has been designated 

by WHO as a National Influenza Center. 

Moreover, the Centre Pasteur du 

Cameroun is also the National IHR 

Focal Point, making it a key partner for 

IHR (2005) implementation. The Pasteur 

Institute of Bangui in the Central 

African Republic (CAR) is recognized by 

WHO as a National Influenza Center. 

This is the only organization capable of 

performing influenza diagnostics in the 

country, which was able to detect the 

first case of H1N1 in 2010. This 

recognition will be leveraged to further 

strengthen and interlink the current 

surveillance network for highly 

pathogenic avian influenza H5N1. A 

solid partnership between Cameroon 

and CAR is particularly important as 

this is a region in Sub-Saharan Africa 

where the virus has been detected. In 

Senegal, the Pasteur Institute of Dakar 

has set up the influenza surveillance 

sentinel system, is reporting to the 

Ministry of Health, and is hosting the 

National Influenza Center. Senegal has a 

leading role in the West African region 

on influenza, and with its involvement 

in regional CDC’s Field Epidemiology 

Training Program, could become an 

important leader with regard to IHR 

(2005) implementation. In addition, 

Senegal is the one of the two countries 

in Africa that currently has the potential 

to develop influenza vaccine 

manufacturing technology in the shortto medium-term, if supported by 

international partners, including ASPR. 

In making this award, ASPR will 

capitalize on the Pasteur Institute 

International Network and its access to 

francophone countries in Africa and 

with a strong French influence in Asia. 

Based on the lessons learned from 

previous collaborations, this new 

investment will allow HHS to contribute 

to build international capacity in 

collaboration with a prestigious 

international partner by sharing 

experiences, strategies, and best 

practices, and other technical resources 

in helping developing countries 

improve their capabilities for pandemic 

influenza and implement IHR core 

capacities. 

In summary, the Pasteur Institute’s 

strong collaborative relationships with 

foreign governments, programmatic 

support, and familiarity with hostcountry involvement in influenza 

preparedness will be critical for the 

viability of this cooperative agreement. 

This collaboration will support HHS 

efforts to continue building capacity 

abroad with the ultimate intent of 

detecting, stopping, slowing or 

otherwise limiting the spread of a 

pandemic to the United States, 

ultimately enhancing the health security 

of the American population. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The agency 

program contact is Dr. Maria Julia 

Marinissen, who can be contacted at 

202–205–4214 or 

Maria.Marinissen@hhs.gov. 

Dated: August 5, 2011. 

Nicole Lurie, 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response. 

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Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

In compliance with the requirement 

of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–639–5960 and 

send comments to Daniel Holcomb, CDC 

Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton 

Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or 

send an e-mail to omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 


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