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promulgated by the Office of the 

National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

(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 an HHS employee 

working on their applications or 

submissions during assigned duty 

hours. 

(6) Shall not be an employee of Office 

of the National Coordinator for Health 

IT. 

(7) Federal grantees may not use 

Federal funds to develop COMPETES 

Act challenge applications 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 

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. 

Entrants must agree to assume any 

and all risks and waive claims against 

the Federal Government and its related 

entities, except in the case of willful 

misconduct, for any injury, death, 

damage, or loss of property, revenue, or 

profits, whether direct, indirect, or 

consequential, arising from my 

participation in this prize contest, 

whether the injury, death, damage, or 

loss arises through negligence or 

otherwise. 

Entrants must also agree to indemnify 

the Federal Government against third 

party claims for damages arising from or 

related to competition activities. 

Registration Process for Participants 

To register for this challenge 

participants should: 

D Access the www.challenge.gov Web 

site and search for the ‘‘Reporting 

Patient Safety Events Challenge’’. 

D Access the ONC Investing in 

Innovation (i2) Challenge Web site at: 

Æ http://www.health2challenge.org/ 

onc-i2-challenges/. 

Æ A registration link for the challenge 

can be found on the landing page under 

the challenge description. 

Amount of the Prize 

D First Prize: $50,000. 

D Second Prize: $15,000. 

D Third Prize: $5,000. 

Awards may be subject to Federal 

income taxes and HHS will comply with 

IRS withholding and reporting 

requirements, where applicable. 

Payment of the Prize 

Prize will be paid by contractor. 

Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be 

Selected 

The ONC review panel will make 

selections based upon the following 

criteria: 

1. Effectiveness of the system in 

facilitating patient safety event reporting 

including its compliance with AHRQ’s 

Common Formats. 

2. Usability and design from the 

standpoint of all stakeholders. 

3. Ability to integrate with electronic 

health records and other HIT data 

sources. 

4. Creativity and innovation. 

5. Leverage NwHIN standards 

including transport, content, and 

vocabularies. 

Additional Information 

Ownership of intellectual property is 

determined by the following: 

D 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. 

D By participating in the challenge, 

each entrant hereby irrevocably grants 

to Sponsor and Administrator a limited, 

non-exclusive, royalty free, worldwide, 

license and right to reproduce, 

publically perform, publically display, 

and use the Submission to the extent 

necessary to administer the challenge, 

and to publically perform and 

publically display the Submission, 

including, without limitation, for 

advertising and promotional purposes 

relating to the challenge. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719. 

Dated: April 5, 2012. 

Farzad Mostashari, 

National Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[Docket Number NIOSH–245] 

Expanded Charge for Peer Review of 

the NIOSH document Titled: ‘‘Criteria 

for a Recommended Standard: 

Occupational Exposure to Diacetyl and 

2,3-pentanedione’’ 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of Expanded Charge for 

Peer Review. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) is 

undergoing peer review for the draft 

document, ‘‘Criteria for a 

Recommended Standard: Occupational 

Exposure to Diacetyl and 2,3- 

pentanedione.’’ NIOSH held a public 

meeting on August 26, 2011 in 

Washington, DC [76 FR 44338] to 

discuss and obtain comments on the 

draft document. Public comments were 

accepted into the NIOSH docket from 

August 12, 2011- November 18, 2011 [76 

FR 64353]. The draft document and all 

public comments received are posted on 

the Internet at: http://www.cdc.gov/ 

niosh/docket/archive/docket245.html 

for Docket number NIOSH–245. After 

consultation with the Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration, 

Department of Labor (OSHA/DOL), 

NIOSH has asked the peer reviewers 

seven additional questions for 

consideration which are posted here: 

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/review/peer/ 

HISA/diacetyl-pr.html. 

This entry serves as notice of the 

expanded charge to peer reviewers for 

this draft document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lauralynn Taylor McKernan, ScD CIH, 

NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway C–32, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226, telephone (513) 

533–8542, Fax (513) 533–8230, email 

LMcKernan@cdc.gov. 

Dated: April 2, 2012. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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