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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Solicitation of Potential Partners to 

Participate in Programs of the Office of 

the President’s Council on Physical 

Fitness and Sports During 2006 50th 

Anniversary Celebration 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Secretary, 

Office of Public Health and Science, 

Office of the President’s Council on 

Physical Fitness and Sports. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the President’s 

Council on Physical Fitness and Sports 

(PCPFS) is soliciting proposals for the 

establishment of partnerships with nonFederal public and private sector 

organizations, with the goal of 

developing, implementing, promoting, 

and evaluating physical activity, fitness, 

and sports participation activities and 

initiatives. These partnerships are 

particularly targeted at calendar year 

2006, which marks the 50th anniversary 

of the PCPFS. This Partnership Initiative 

is not a grant or contract award program. 

It is intended to provide opportunities 

for the Office of the PCPFS and nonFederal public and private sector 

organizations to work together both to 

enhance and integrate existing 

partnerships and also to create new 

physical activity, fitness, and sports 

initiatives at the national, state, and 

local levels to promote better health and 

fitness for all Americans in a synergistic 

and collaborative environment. These 

partnerships will be voluntary, and each 

partner will be responsible for 

supporting its own activities. Potential 

co-sponsors must have a demonstrated 

interest in physical activity, fitness, 

and/or sports activities and be willing to 

participate substantively in the cosponsored activity. 

DATES: This announcement is open until 

June 1, 2006, and may be renewed as 

needed through subsequent notices. 

Comments expressing or confirming an 

interest in potential partnerships will be 

most useful if received within two 

months of the publication of this notice, 

but will continue to be accepted for 

consideration throughout the open 

period. 

ADDRESSES: Expressions of interest, 

comments, or questions may be sent via 

e-mail, fax, or regular mail to: Melissa 

Johnson at mjohnson@osophs.dhhs.gov, 

Fax: 202–690–5211, President’s Council 

on Physical Fitness and Sports—

Partnerships, Department of Health and 

Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey 

Building, 200 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Room 738H, Washington, DC 

20201. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Johnson at Ph: 202–690–5187, 

e-mail: mjohnson@osophs.dhhs.gov or 

Christine Spain at Ph: 202–690–5148, email: cspain@osophs.dhhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

President’s Council on Physical Fitness 

and Sports (PCPFS) was established by 

the President of the United States in 

1956 and today operates under 

Executive Order 13265, continued by 

Executive Order 13385, in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act. The purposes of the PCPFS are (1) 

to provide advice and recommendations 

to the President through the HHS 

Secretary concerning actions and 

initiatives to develop, implement, and 

coordinate national programs for 

physical activity, fitness, and sports; (2) 

to inform the general public about the 

importance of regular physical activity 

and the link between physical activity 

and good health. 

The PCPFS serves as a catalyst to 

promote physical activity, fitness, and 

sports for Americans of all ages, 

backgrounds, and abilities. Since its 

founding in 1956, the Office of the 

PCPFS has sustained a productive 

history of relationships with both public 

and private sector sponsors to create 

and maintain opportunities for 

Americans to participate in physical 

activity, fitness, and sports initiatives on 

the national, state, and local levels. Cosponsorships established for observance 

of the 50th anniversary of the PCPFS 

should raise awareness of following: (1) 

The physical benefits of a fit and active 

lifestyle; (2) model programs promoting 

and providing physical activity in a 

variety of venues, suitable for 

replication; (3) opportunities to work 

collaboratively at the grassroots level to 

promote physical activity, fitness, and 

sports; (4) gaps and barriers preventing 

active and functional living and aging. 

The Secretary has delegated to the 

Office of the PCPFS certain authorities 

under the Public Health Service Act 

(PHS Act) including, but not limited to, 

sections 1704(1) and (2) of the PHS Act. 

Sections 1704(1) and (2) of the PHS Act 

provides the Office of the PCPFS with 

authority to enter into co-sponsorships 

with non-Federal entities for certain 

health promotion activities. The 50th 

Anniversary observance offers partners 

the opportunity to make 

recommendations for improving the 

health of Americans in the future and 

for reducing health-care costs for 

individuals, public agencies, and 

private businesses and organizations. 

Finally, co-sponsorship with the Office 

of the PCPFS during the observance of 

its 50th anniversary throughout the year 

2006 offers partners the opportunity to 

highlight their past, present, and future 

initiatives to promote physical activity, 

fitness, and/or sports and to associate 

their programs with the goals and 

objectives of the Office of the PCPFS. 

Purpose and Scope 

The Office of the PCPFS is extending 

this invitation to both existing and 

potential new partners to broaden the 

reach of PCPFS programs and to 

promote physical activity, fitness, and 

sports to all Americans in their 

communities and work places. The 

Office of the PCPFS has limited 

resources for implementing actions that 

address large-scale national, state, and 

local initiatives and for sponsoring 

campaigns to promote improvements in 

the status of physical activity, fitness, 

and the overall health of individuals 

and communities. The Office of the 

PCPFS relies upon the combined efforts 

of both public agencies and private 

organizations through co-sponsored 

initiatives and activities to bring about 

the societal and cultural adjustments 

necessary to influence the attitudes of 

individuals and communities 

concerning the importance of physical 

activity, fitness, and sports and to bring 

about change. The observance of the 

50th Anniversary of the Office of the 

PCPFS offers an ideal opportunity for 

organizations not only to highlight 

longstanding successful collaborations 

with the Office of the PCPFS but also to 

establish new collaborations with the 

Office of the PCPFS to raise public 

awareness of the importance of physical 

activity and to develop new programs 

and initiatives. 

In forming collaborative partnerships, 

the Office of the PCPFS is seeking 

organizations that can bring knowledge, 

skills, and expertise to work 

synergistically on physical activity, 

fitness, and/or sports activities during 

the year 2006 and beyond; the 50th 

anniversary celebration of the Office of 

the PCPFS offers an ideal opportunity to 

launch such collaborations. For 

example, the Office of the PCPFS is 

interested in partnerships with public 

and private organizations that might 

involve (but are not limited to) the 

following sponsoring or co-sponsoring 

examples: 

(a) Develop and disseminate 

educational public information 

materials on physical activity, fitness, 

health and/or sports to stress the 

benefits of a healthy, active lifestyle; 

such materials might be targeted to 

specific populations by age, gender, 

ability level, cultural background, or 

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minority status (e.g. co-sponsorship of a 

publication; co-sponsorship of a Web 

site or Web-based materials for existing 

Web sites); 

(b) Develop and disseminate a 

nationwide educational campaign, 

including advertisements and/or public 

service announcements (print, TV, and/ 

or radio) to alert individuals and diverse 

media markets about the dangers of a 

sedentary lifestyle and to promote cosponsored programs that might be 

developed in the course of this 

initiative. This might include but is not 

limited to the President’s Challenge, a 

free, motivational tool and recognition 

program of the PCPFS; 

(c) Create, develop, and evaluate 

effective programs and activities for 

physical activity, fitness and sports; 

such programs would provide evidencebased results and best practices; 

(d) Co-sponsor the development and 

management of a CEO/Business roundtable to raise awareness of the need for 

a fit and healthy workforce and to stress 

the potential role of business in 

fostering and promoting healthy 

lifestyles among employees and their 

families in an effort to reduce chronic 

disease and health care costs; 

(e) Conduct educational and/or 

practical physical activity, fitness, and/ 

or sports clinics in diverse venues (e.g. 

after school programs; senior activity 

centers; parks and recreation centers; 

others); 

(f) Create a ‘‘Road Show’’ celebrating 

50 years of fitness by providing 

demonstrations and coaching lessons for 

all ages that can be continued at the 

local level; 

(g) Sponsor 50th Anniversary 

memorabilia for distribution at such 

venues as health fairs, athletic events, 

special events, and similar occasions; 

(h) Sponsor 50th Anniversary special 

events; 

(i) Any combination or enhancement 

of the above activities; 

(j) Other innovative ideas. 

Partnership/Co-Sponsorship 

Agreements 

This Partnership Initiative is not a 

grant or contract award program. Any 

partnership formed between the Office 

of the PCPFS and an outside 

organization will be a voluntary 

collaboration. Each partner will be 

responsible for providing the resources 

necessary to carry out the specified 

activities of mutual interest contained in 

the organization’s proposal. The Office 

of the PCPFS will execute, in advance, 

a concise, written agreement with 

collaborating partner(s). The 

partnership/co-sponsorship agreement 

will identify key elements of the project 

including: Goals and intended benefits; 

roles and responsibilities of each 

partner; resources each plans to commit 

to the project; any reporting plans; and 

the time period in which the 

partnership remains in effect. 

Partnership/co-sponsorship 

agreements will make clear that there 

will be no Federal endorsement of 

commercial products or of particular 

companies. The Office of the PCPFS 

will have a right to review the use of 

any Departmental logo and statement 

related to the Office of the PCPFS 

programs or materials and products to 

ensure that they are suitable for the 

initiative and that government 

neutrality with respect to commercial 

products is maintained. When any 

Departmental logo is approved for use 

on commercial materials or products 

that promote the goals and mission of 

the Office of the PCPFS and its program 

activities, a disclaimer will be required. 

The disclaimer must be printed on, or 

affixed to, commercial partner materials 

and products and indicate that the use 

of the logo does not imply any Federal 

endorsement or warranty of a particular 

commercial product or of other products 

of a particular company. 

Evaluation Criteria 

After engaging in exploratory 

discussions of potential partnerships 

and partnership activities, the Office of 

the PCPFS will make a determination 

whether the Office of the PCPFS will 

engage in partnership activities with 

particular entities and the scope of those 

activities. The final decision to establish 

a partnership agreement with an outside 

organization will be made by the Office 

of the PCPFS Executive Director. The 

Office of the PCPFS Executive Director 

reserves the right to decline partnership 

opportunities that are not consistent 

with the Office of the PCPFS goals, 

mission, or priorities, or for reasons of 

limited federal resources available to 

appropriately manage and oversee a 

proposed partnership. Depending on 

circumstances, a variety of objective and 

subjective criteria may be applied. The 

following factors will be considered 

when selecting partners and 

determining the scope of partnership 

activities: 

1. Is the proposed project consistent 

with the mission and priorities of the 

Office of the PCPFS and the outside 

organization? 

2. Are the activities proposed by the 

offering entity likely to provide a 

substantial public benefit relative to the 

resources required? 

3. Do the potential benefits of the 

proposed partnership outweigh any 

potential negative impact on the 

Department and its ability to 

accomplish its mission? For example, 

the Department will avoid any 

appearance that an offering entity’s cosponsorship of an event would 

improperly influence the Department or 

any HHS employee in other official 

matters in which the offering entity may 

have an interest. It may be possible to 

structure a proposal to minimize 

potential issues. 

4. Does the outside entity have the 

expertise and capacity to carry out its 

proposed activities? 

5. Has the outside entity 

demonstrated a willingness to work 

collaboratively with other public and 

private sector organizations to achieve 

the stated goals or to advance related 

efforts, activities, or initiatives? 

Organizations that have goals and 

interests consistent with the mandate of 

the Office of the PCPFS are encouraged 

to reply to this notice. Such 

organizations should have appropriate 

expertise and resources and be willing 

to pursue and enhance physical activity, 

fitness, and/or sports activities within 

their own organizations. Organizations 

that meet the criteria are encouraged to 

reply to this notice. 

Working collaboratively with its 

partners, the Office of the PCPFS and its 

partners will provide innovative 

opportunities in diverse venues to 

improve the adoption and maintenance 

of regular physical activity for the 

enhanced health and well-being of all 

Americans during the 50th anniversary 

year and beyond. 

Dated: November 7, 2005. 

Melissa Johnson, 

Executive Director, President’s Council on 

Physical Fitness and Sports, Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

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