Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 167 / Tuesday, August 28, 2012 / Notices 52105 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7995] 

Announcement of the Innovation in 

Arms Control Challenge Under the 

America Competes Reauthorization 

Act of 2011 

SUMMARY: The Department of State’s 

Bureau of Arms Control, Verification 

and Compliance (AVC) announces the 

following challenge: How Can the 

Crowd Support Arms Control 

Transparency Efforts? This challenge is 

the first ‘‘Innovation in Arms Control 

Challenge,’’ with the goal of spurring 

innovation, and developing scientific 

and technological options that will 

provide additional transparency and 

information related to compliance with 

existing or future arms control, 

nonproliferation and disarmament 

regimes. 

DATES: The submission period for 

entries begins 3 p.m. EDT, August 28, 

2012, and ends 5 p.m. EDT, October 26, 

2012. Winners will be announced 

during the week of December 3, unless 

the term of the Contest is extended by 

DOS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jamie Mannina, Special Assistant for 

Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy, 

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of 

Arms Control, Verification and 

Compliance, 2201 C Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20520; Telephone (202) 

647–7939; ManninaJF@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Federal Register notice is required 

under the Section 105 of the America 

COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 

2011. 

Competition Details 

1. Subject of the Challenge: This 

Challenge seeks creative ideas from the 

general public to use the tools and 

devices commonly available to them to 

support arms control transparency 

efforts. 

2. Prize: There is a guaranteed award. 

The winning submission will be 

announced in a Department of State 

press release. The awards will be paid 

to the best submission(s) as solely 

determined by the Department of State. 

The total payout will be $10,000, with 

at least one award being no smaller than 

$5,000 and no award being smaller than 

$1,000. 

3. Challenge Rules: 

• a. Eligibility to participate: To be 

eligible to win a prize, in accordance 

with the America COMPETES Act, an 

individual or entity shall have 

registered to participate in the 

competition, comply with all 

requirements and rules related to this 

competition, and in the case of a private 

entity, shall be incorporated in and 

maintaining a primary place of business 

in the United States, and in the case of 

an individual (participating singly or in 

a team) shall be a citizen or permanent 

resident of the United States. In 

addition, an individual or entity may 

not be a Federal entity or a 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 the 

competition if the facilities and 

employees are made available to all 

individuals and entities participating in 

the competition on an equitable basis. 

While submissions from ineligible 

Solvers are welcome and may be the 

subject of further interest, these will not 

be eligible to receive awards. If you have 

a question about eligibility, please refer 

to the following Web site: [https://www.

innocentive.com/ar/challenge/9933144]. 

• b. Intellectual Property: The Solvers 

are not required to transfer exclusive 

intellectual property rights to the 

Seeker. Rather, by submitting a 

proposal, the Solvers grant to the Seeker 

a royalty-free, perpetual, and nonexclusive license to use any information 

included in this proposal. 

• c. Liability: Registered participants 

will be required to agree to assume any 

and all risks and waive claims against 

the Federal Government and its related 

entities, except in the case of willful 

misconduct, for any injury, death, 

damage, or loss of property, revenue, or 

profits, whether direct, indirect, or 

consequential, arising from 

participation in the competition, 

whether the injury death, damage, or 

loss arises through negligence or 

otherwise. 

• After the Challenge deadline, the 

Department of State will complete the 

review process and make a decision 

with regards to the Winning Solution(s) 

as described below. All Solvers that 

submitted a proposal will be notified on 

the status of their submissions; 

however, no detailed evaluation of 

individual submissions will be 

provided. 

4. Process for participants to register: 

All Contest participants must enter the 

Challenge through the Challenge Web 

page on [https://www.innocentive.com/

ar/challenge/9933144] by 5 p.m. EDT on 

October 26, 2012. Submissions will be 

accepted starting at 3 p.m. EDT on 

August 28, 2012. Contest participants 

should review all contest rules and 

eligibility requirements. 

5. Basis on which the winners will be 

selected: 

Winners will be selected based upon 

provision of the following: 

1. A description of the proposed 

mechanism or idea to support arms 

control transparency efforts. Processes, 

incentives, and technologies must, in 

theory, be practical and implementable 

at scale throughout the world. Detailed 

specifications are not required, but the 

idea should be described well enough to 

evaluate feasibility. 

2. Rationale for why the proposed 

idea will work in the real world as 

feasibility will be a major factor in the 

review process. 

3. Any supporting information, 

publications, real-world use cases, or 

examples that reinforce the validity of 

the proposed idea. 

Dated: August 16, 2012. 

Rose E. Gottemoeller, 

Acting Under Secretary of State, Arms Control 

and International Security, Department of 

State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21209 Filed 8–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–27–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7997] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Committee Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting for the International Maritime 

Organization’s Marine Environment 

Protection Committee (MEPC). 

The meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. 

on Wednesday, September 21, 2012, in 

Room 2501 of the United States Coast 

Guard Headquarters Building, 2100 

Second Street SW., Washington, DC, 

20593. The primary purpose of the 

meeting is to prepare for the sixty-fourth 

session of the International Maritime 

Organization’s Marine Environment 

Protection Committee (MEPC 64) to be 

held at the International Maritime 

Organization in London, United 

Kingdom from October 1st to 5th, 2012. 

The primary matters to be considered 

include: 

—Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast 

water; 

—Recycling of ships; 

—Air pollution and energy efficiency; 

—Reduction of GHG emissions from 

ships; 

—Consideration and adoption of 

amendments to mandatory 

instruments; 

—Interpretation of, and amendments to, 

MARPOL and related instruments; 

—Implementation of the OPRC 

Convention and the OPRC–HNS 


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