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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Benish Shah, Office of Managing 

Director, (202) 418–7866. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1198. 

Title: Band Plan. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, and state, local, or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 2,283 

respondents; 2,283 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour 

(range of 1 to 2 hours). 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting and one-time reporting 

requirements; third party disclosure. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for these collections are 

contained in sections 4(i), 11, 303(g), 

303(r), and 332(c)(7) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 161, 303(g), 

303(r), 332(c)(7), unless otherwise 

noted. 

Total Annual Burden: 2,336 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Needs and Uses: Section 90.531(b)(2) 

of the Commission’s rules provides that 

narrowband reserve channels are 

designated for General Use subject to 

Commission approved regional 

planning committee regional plans and 

technical rules applicable to General 

Use channels. T-Band incumbents shall 

enjoy priority access to these channels 

in certain markets provided that such 

incumbent commits to return to the 

Commission an equal amount of T-Band 

spectrum and obtains concurrence from 

the relevant regional planning 

committee(s). Section 90.531(b)(7) of the 

Commission’s rules reserves certain 

narrowband channels for air-ground 

communications to be used by lowaltitude aircraft and ground based 

stations subject to state administration 

(e.g., letter of concurrence). 

Commission staff will use the 

information to assign licenses for 

narrowband public safety channels. The 

information will also be used to 

determine whether prospective 

licensees operate in compliance with 

the Commission’s rules. Without such 

information, the Commission could not 

accommodate State interoperability or 

regional planning requirements or 

provide for the efficient use of 

narrowband public safety frequencies. 

This information collection includes 

rules to govern the operation and 

licensing of 700 MHz band systems to 

ensure that licensees continue to fulfill 

their statutory responsibilities in 

accordance with the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended. Such 

information will continue to be used to 

verify that applicants are legally and 

technically qualified to hold licenses, 

and to determine compliance with 

Commission rules. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Sheryl D. Todd, 

Deputy Secretary, Office of the Secretary, 

Office of the Managing Director. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05282 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Notice of Agreements Filed 

The Commission hereby gives notice 

of the filing of the following agreements 

under the Shipping Act of 1984. 

Interested parties may submit comments 

on the agreement to the Secretary, 

Federal Maritime Commission, 

Washington, DC 20573, within twelve 

days of the date this notice appears in 

the Federal Register. A copies of the 

agreements are available through the 

Commission’s Web site (www.fmc.gov) 

or by contacting the Office of 

Agreements at (202) 523–5793 or 

tradeanalysis@fmc.gov. 

Agreement No.: 012058–001. 

Title: Hoegh Autoliners/K-Line Space 

Charter Agreement. 

Parties: Hoegh Autoliners AS and 

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. 

Filing Party: Wayne R. Rohde; Cozen 

O’Connor; 1627 I Street NW., Suite 

1100; Washington, DC 20006. 

Synopsis: The Amendment expands 

the geographic scope of the agreement to 

include the trade from ports on the West 

Coast of the United States to ports in 

Korea, Japan and China. It also updates 

the address of Hoegh Autoliners. 

Agreement No.: 012206–001. 

Title: Grimaldi/’’K’’ Line Space 

Charter Agreement. 

Parties: Grimaldi Deep Sea S.p.A. and 

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. 

Filing Party: Wayne R. Rohde; Cozen 

O’Connor; 1627 I Street NW., Suite 

1100; Washington, DC 20006. 

Synopsis: The amendment changes 

the name of Industria Armamento 

Meridionale S.P.A. to Grimaldi Deep 

Sea S.p.A. and restates the agreement to 

reflect the name change. 

Agreement No.: 012318. 

Title: MOL/Kyowa Shipping Co., Ltd. 

Space Charter Agreement. 

Parties: Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and 

Kyowa Shipping Co., Ltd. 

Filing Party: Eric. C. Jeffrey, Esq.; 

Nixon Peabody LLP; 401 9th Street NW., 

Suite 900; Washington, DC 20004. 

Synopsis: The agreement authorizes 

MOL to charter space from Kyowa in the 

trade from Japan, on the one hand, to 

Guam and Saipan, on the other hand. 

By Order of the Federal Maritime 

Commission. 

Dated: March 4, 2015. 

Karen V. Gregory, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05419 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6730–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Robocall Contest: Robocalls: 

Humanity Strikes Back 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; public challenge. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade 

Commission (‘‘FTC’’) announces a prize 

competition that challenges the public 

to create a crowd-source robocall 

honeypot. A honeypot is an information 

system that is designed to attract 

perpetrators of illegal acts—in this case 

robocallers—and gain knowledge about 

their tactics. The Contest will be held in 

two phases, a ‘‘Qualifying’’ phase and 

‘‘Final’’ phase (see Section 7). The Final 

phase will be held at DEF CON 23, a 

conference of information security 

specialists, in Las Vegas, Nevada, from 

August 6–9, 2015. 

DATES: The deadline for submitting 

entries is: (1) June 15, 2015 at 10:00 p.m. 

EDT for the Qualifying phase, and (2) 

August 8, 2015 at 10:00 p.m. EDT for the 

Final phase. To enter the Contest, 

Contestants must register by the 

Submission Deadline for the Qualifying 

phase. Further instructions and 

requirements regarding the registration 

and submission process will be 

provided on the Contest Web site 

(ftc.gov/strikeback). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Hsue, 202–326–3132, Division 

of Marketing Practices, Bureau of 

Consumer Protection, FTC; 600 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW.; Mailstop CC– 

8528; Washington, DC 20580. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTC 

Robocalls: Humanity Strikes Back 

Contest (the ‘‘Contest’’) is the next step 

in the Federal Trade Commission’s 

battle against illegal robocalls, 

complementing the results of the FTC’s 

two prior challenges of 2012 and 2014. 

Robocalls are prerecorded messages that 

generally seek to promote the purchase 

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1The vast majority of prerecorded sales calls are 

illegal under the Telemarketing Sales Rule unless 

the recipient has provided express written consent 

to receive them. 73 FR 51164 (Aug. 29, 2008); 16 

CFR 310.4(b)(1)(v). The Telephone Consumer 

Protection Act also prohibits any type of call (other 

than a call made for emergency purposes) using 

automated telephone equipment or an artificial or 

prerecorded voice to a cellular telephone in the 

absence of prior express consent. 47 U.S.C. 

227(b)(1)(A)(iii). 

of goods or services to a consumer, and 

are regulated by the FTC under the 

Telemarketing Sales Rule. See 16 CFR 

310.4(b)(1)(v). Most such calls are 

illegal,1 and yet they continue to be 

prevalent. 

The Contest will challenge the public 

to create a crowd-source robocall 

honeypot—an information system 

intended to attract perpetrators of illegal 

robocalls and gather knowledge about 

robocaller tactics. The Contest is 

intended to engage individuals or teams 

of individuals with information security 

expertise (collectively ‘‘Contestants’’) to 

apply their knowledge to design the 

next-generation of robocall honeypots. 

The Contest is subject to all 

applicable laws and regulations. 

Registering to enter the Contest 

constitutes Contestant’s full agreement 

to these Official Rules and to decisions 

of the Sponsor (as defined below), 

which are final and binding in all 

matters related to the Contest. Winning 

a Prize is contingent upon fulfilling all 

requirements set forth in the Official 

Rules. 

1. Sponsor and Participating 

Organizations 

A. Sponsor: 

Federal Trade Commission, 600 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20580. 

B. Participating Organizations: 

(i) Pindrop Security, Inc., 817 West 

Peachtree Street NW., Suite 770; 

Atlanta, GA 30308; 

(ii) Canadian Radio-television 

Telecommunications Commission, 

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A ON2. 

The FTC reserves the right to modify 

the list of participating organizations at 

any time and will provide any updates 

on the Contest Web site. 

2. Eligibility 

A. To participate in the Contest: 

(i) Contestants may compete as 

Individuals or as teams of individuals, 

if they meet all eligibility requirements 

set forth in Sections 2.A–C. To be 

eligible to win a Prize, Contestants must 

meet the additional prize eligibility 

requirements set forth in Section 9. 

(ii) Contestants must comply with all 

terms and conditions of the Official 

Rules. 

(iii) Contestants must own or have 

access at their own expense to a 

computer, an Internet connection, and 

any other electronic devices, 

documentation, software, or other items 

that Contestants may deem necessary to 

create and enter a Submission (as 

defined in Section 4 below). 

(iv) Each team must appoint one 

individual (the ‘‘Representative’’) to 

represent and act on behalf of said team, 

including by entering a Submission. The 

Representative must be duly authorized 

to submit on behalf of the team, and 

must represent and warrant that he or 

she is duly authorized to act on behalf 

of the team. 

(v) An individual may enter the 

Contest only once, either on an 

individual basis or as a member of one 

team. 

(vi) No individual or team may enter 

the Contest on behalf of a corporation or 

other non-individual legal entity. 

B. The following individuals 

(including any individuals participating 

as part of a team) are not eligible 

regardless of whether they meet the 

criteria set forth above: 

(i) Any individual under the age of 18; 

(ii) any individual who employs any 

of the Contest Judges as an employee or 

agent; 

(iii) any individual who owns or 

controls an entity for whom a Contest 

Judge is an employee, officer, director, 

or agent; 

(iv) any individual who has a material 

business or financial relationship with 

any Contest Judge; 

(v) any individual who is a member 

of any Contest Judge’s immediate family 

or household; 

(vi) any individual who has been 

convicted of a felony; 

(vii) any employee, representative or 

agent of the Sponsor or Participating 

Organizations, as well as any employee, 

representative, or agent of an advertising 

agency, contractor or other individual or 

organization involved with the design, 

production, promotion, execution, or 

distribution of the Contest; and all 

members of the immediate family or 

household of any such employee, 

representative, or agent; 

(viii) any Federal employee acting 

within the scope of his or her 

employment, or as may otherwise be 

prohibited by Federal law (employees 

should consult their agency ethics 

officials); 

(ix) any individual or team that used 

Federal facilities or consulted with 

Federal employees to develop a 

Submission, unless the facilities and 

employees were made available to all 

Contestants participating in the Contest 

on an equitable basis; and 

(x) any individual or team that used 

Federal funds to develop a Submission, 

unless such use is consistent with the 

grant award, or other applicable Federal 

funds awarding document. If a grantee 

using Federal funds enters and wins this 

Contest, the prize monies shall be 

treated as program income for purposes 

of the original grant in accordance with 

applicable Office of Management and 

Budget Circulars. Federal contractors 

may not use Federal funds from a 

contract to develop a Submission for 

this Challenge. 

The Sponsor will, in its sole 

discretion, disqualify any individual or 

team that meets any of the criteria set 

forth in Section 2.B. 

C. For purposes hereof: 

(i) The members of an individual’s 

immediate family include such 

individual’s spouse, children and stepchildren, parents and step-parents, and 

siblings and step-siblings; and 

(ii) the members of an individual’s 

household include any other person 

who shares the same residence as such 

individual for at least three (3) months 

out of the year. 

D. Pursuant to the America Creating 

Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote 

Excellence in Technology, Education, 

and Science Reauthorization Act of 

2010, 15 U.S.C. 3719, Contest Prizes (as 

defined in Section 8 below) may be 

awarded only to individuals and teams 

of individuals who are citizens or 

permanent residents of the United 

States, subject to verification by the 

Sponsor before Prizes are awarded (see 

Section 9 below). 

3. Registration Requirement for ALL 

Contestants 

A. Contestants must register before 

10:00 p.m. EDT June 15, 2015, the 

Submission Deadline of the Qualifying 

phase, to participate in the Contest. 

B. To enter, every Contestant, 

including all members of a team, must 

register by submitting a form 

(‘‘Registration Form’’) to verify that he 

or she has read and agreed to abide by 

the Official Rules and meets the 

eligibility requirements, including that 

he or she: (1) Is at least 18 years old; (2) 

does not have a familial, or material 

business or financial relationship with 

any Contest Judge; and (3) has not been 

convicted of a felony. Additional 

information and requirements about the 

registration process will be provided on 

the Contest Web site. 

C. After a Contestant registers, the 

Sponsor will send a confirmation 

message to the email address provided 

by the Contestant. The Contestant 

should use the confirmation message to 

verify the email address that he or she 

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provided in order to receive important 

Contest updates. 

D. In the event of a dispute pertaining 

to this Contest, the authorized account 

holder of the email address listed at 

registration will be deemed to be the 

Contestant. The ‘‘authorized account 

holder’’ is the natural person assigned 

an email address by an Internet access 

provider, online service provider, or 

other organization responsible for 

assigning email addresses for the 

domain associated with the submitted 

address. Contestants may be required to 

show proof of being the authorized 

account holder. 

E. Contestants must be physically 

present at the site of the Final phase of 

the Contest in order to participate. 

Individuals who wish to participate in 

the Contest without paying for entry to 

DEF CON 23 must notify the FTC 

indicating this preference on or before 

the Submission Deadline for the 

Qualifying phase. Such individuals may 

be escorted to the Contest booth as the 

Sponsor deems necessary, but will not 

be able to attend any other events, 

contests, presentations, or otherwise 

participate in DEF CON 23. 

4. Submission 

A. To participate in the Contest, a 

Contestant must submit the following: 

(i) solution source code; 

(ii) the written description as required 

for the specific phase (see Section 7); 

(iii) a brief text description of how the 

solution functions, which will be made 

publicly available and must not include 

any proprietary information; 

(iv) a link to a publicly available 

video on Youtube.com or Vimeo.com 

demonstrating how the Solution works, 

which does not include any proprietary 

information, is less than 5 minutes long, 

and does not contain music or 

copyrighted material unless the 

Contestant has written legal permission 

to use such material; and 

(v) any other materials required under 

Section 7 below, including access to 

relevant call detail records, dialing 

platforms, and any other technologies 

needed to test the Submission, 

including any legal rights or licenses 

required to access the technology. 

Paragraphs (i)–(v) above are 

collectively a ‘‘Submission.’’ 

Contestants may also submit a solution 

title. If the Sponsor permits submission 

via email, Contestants must use the 

email address provided on their 

Registration Form (or in the case of a 

team, the email address on the team 

Representative’s Registration Form). 

With the exception of this originating 

email address, no part of the 

Submission shall contain information 

revealing the Contestant’s identity, such 

as a name, address, employment 

information, or other identifying details. 

Additional information and 

requirements about the Submission 

process will be provided on the Contest 

Web site. 

B. Submission Deadlines: 

(i) For the Qualifying phase, 

Contestants must enter their 

Submissions by June 15, 2015 at 10:00 

p.m. EDT. 

(ii) For the Final phase, Contestants 

must enter their Submissions by August 

8, 2015 at 10:00 p.m. EDT (7:00 p.m. 

PDT). 

Paragraphs (i)–(ii) above are 

collectively the ‘‘Contest Deadlines.’’ 

The Sponsor’s computer is the official 

time-keeping device for this Contest. 

Any Submissions entered following the 

respective Contest Deadlines shall be 

disqualified. The Judging Period for 

each phase will commence after the 

deadline for each phase. 

C. Submission Requirements: 

(i) All parts of the Submission that 

may be submitted via email must be 

submitted at the same time. All 

Submissions must be received by the 

Contest Deadline for each phase. 

(ii) Source code must be compatible 

with any of the following languages: 

C++, C, Java, PERL, Ruby, or Python. 

(iii) No part of a Submission, 

including any records, platforms, 

technologies, or licenses required to 

evaluate the Submission, may require 

the Sponsor or Contest Judges to spend 

money or otherwise obtain anything of 

value; or to execute or enter into any 

binding agreement (except for a nondisclosure or non-compete agreement) 

not otherwise provided for under these 

Rules. 

(iv) Submissions from a team must be 

indicated as such when entering a 

Submission. 

(v) With the exception of source code, 

Submissions must be in English, except 

that textual or video material in a 

language other than English will be 

accepted if accompanied by an English 

translation of the text or video. 

(vi) Any solution that was publicly 

available prior to the start of the Contest 

Submission Period (June 15, 2015) is not 

eligible for entry in the Contest, unless 

the solution submitted incorporates 

significant new functionality, features, 

or changes that are not publicly 

available. Contestants must identify any 

portion of the solution that was publicly 

available and include a narrative 

description of the new functionality, 

features, or changes with any such 

Submission. 

(vii) Submissions must not: 

a. Violate applicable law; 

b. depict hatred; 

c. be in bad taste; 

d. denigrate (or be derogatory toward) 

any person or group of persons or any 

race, ethnic group, or culture; 

e. threaten a specific community in 

society, including any specific race, 

ethnic group, or culture; 

f. incite violence or be likely to incite 

violence; 

g. contain vulgar or obscene language 

or excessive violence; 

h. contain pornography, obscenity, or 

sexual activity; or 

i. disparage the Sponsor or 

Participating Organizations. 

(viii) Submissions must be free of 

malware and other security threats. 

Contestant agrees that the Sponsor may 

conduct testing on each Submission to 

determine whether malware or other 

security threats may be present. 

(ix) Any Submission that fails to 

comply with these requirements, as 

determined by the Sponsor in its sole 

discretion, may be disqualified. 

D. Additional Terms: 

(i) Once a Submission has been 

submitted, Contestant may not access or 

make any changes or alterations to the 

Submission. 

(ii) A Contestant may submit only one 

Submission as either an individual or a 

member of a team. 

(iii) By entering a Submission, 

Contestant represents, warrants, and 

agrees that the Submission is the 

original work of the Contestant and 

complies with the Official Rules. 

Contestant further represents, 

warrants, and agrees that any use of the 

Submission by the Sponsor and Contest 

Judges (or any of their respective 

partners, subsidiaries, and affiliates) as 

authorized by these Official Rules, does 

not: 

a. Infringe upon, misappropriate or 

otherwise violate any intellectual 

property right or proprietary right 

including, without limitation, any 

statutory or common law trademark, 

copyright or patent, nor any privacy 

rights, nor any other rights of any 

person or entity; 

b. constitute or result in any 

misappropriation or other violation of 

any person’s publicity rights or right of 

privacy. 

5. Submission Rights 

A. Subject to the licenses described 

below, any applicable intellectual 

property rights to a Submission will 

remain with the Contestants. 

B. By entering a Submission to this 

Contest, Contestant grants to the 

Sponsor, and any third parties acting on 

behalf of the Sponsor, a non-exclusive, 

irrevocable, royalty-free and worldwide 

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license to use the Submission, any 

information and content submitted by 

the Contestant, and any portion thereof., 

and to display the Solution name, text 

description (as described in Section 

4.A(iii)), and to make the video 

available through the Contest Web site, 

during the Contest and after its 

conclusion. The Contestant agrees that 

the foregoing constitutes solely a 

condition of the Contestant’s 

participation in the Contest, and that the 

Contest is not a request for or 

acquisition of any property or services 

or any other matter subject to federal 

procurement requirements. 

6. Winner Selection and Judging 

Criteria 

A. All Submissions will be judged by 

an expert panel of judges (the ‘‘Contest 

Judges’’) selected by the Sponsor at the 

Sponsor’s sole discretion. The Sponsor 

reserves the right to substitute or modify 

the judging panel, or extend or modify 

the Judging Period, at any time for any 

reason. 

B. All Contest Judges shall be required 

to remain fair and impartial. Any 

Contest Judge may recuse him or herself 

from judging a Submission if the 

Contest Judge or the Sponsor considers 

it inappropriate, for any reason, for the 

Contest Judge to evaluate a specific 

Submission or group of Submissions. 

C. A Contestant’s likelihood of 

winning will depend on the number and 

quality of all of the Submissions, as 

determined by the Contest Judges using 

the criteria in these Official Rules. 

D. For all phases, the Sponsor 

reserves the right to review the Contest 

Judges’ decision and to withhold any 

Prize if, at the Sponsor’s sole discretion, 

there is a procedural, legal, or other 

reason that the Prize should not be 

awarded. 

E. The Sponsor intends to announce 

who earned the top five scores from the 

Qualifying phase on or around July 6, 

2015, and from the Final phase on or 

around August 9, 2015. The Sponsor 

reserves the right to change the 

announcement dates with or without 

prior notice for any reason. Prizes, 

however, will not be awarded and 

Winners will not be named, until the 

Sponsor verifies eligibility for receipt of 

each Prize in accordance with Section 9 

below. The Sponsor will announce 

verified Winners at a later date, and the 

results will be made available at the 

Contest Web site. 

7. Solution Requirements 

Contestants will seek to advance the 

battle against robocalls (a call delivering 

a prerecorded message) by building a 

solution that creates a crowd-source 

honeypot. The Contest will be judged in 

two phases—the ‘‘Qualifying’’ phase 

and ‘‘Final’’ phase. 

A. Qualifying Phase: 

For the Qualifying phase, contestants 

will build solutions that help enable 

consumers to: (1) Identify unwanted 

robocalls that consumers receive on 

landlines and/or mobile phones; and (2) 

block and/or forward those active 

robocalls to a crowd-source honeypot. 

The Contestant’s solution must include 

some method of confirming that the 

calls forwarded and blocked are 

robocalls. The Contestant’s solution 

must also include some method of 

disclosing to the consumer that the calls 

they identify for forwarding may be 

disclosed to law enforcement and all 

carriers associated with delivering the 

call. In designing the solution, 

Contestants may not include any feature 

that requires ongoing manual 

processing. 

Contest Judges will test the 

Submissions by sending calls to the 

solution and reviewing the information 

associated with the calls that are 

forwarded to the crowd-source 

honeypot. Each Contestant will be 

assigned a phone number that their 

solutions should forward calls to for 

testing purposes (i.e. the crowd-source 

honeypot number). The phone numbers 

will be assigned once each Contestant 

submits a Submission. Contestants may 

not disclose that number to anyone 

other than a fellow team member. Each 

Contestant must provide all equipment 

and information necessary, including 

any legal rights or licenses required, for 

the Contest Judges to test and review the 

Submissions. Each Contestant must also 

submit all source code in addition to a 

written description of the solution, 

consisting of fewer than 500 words, 

summarizing the Contestant’s 

techniques and outcomes. 

Judging Criteria: 

(i) How well does it work? (50% of 

total score) 

• How well did you succeed in 

accurately forwarding only robocalls to 

a honeypot? You will receive twenty 

points for each distinct successful 

method that your solution used to 

identify robocalls for forwarding. For 

each call forwarded that was not a 

robocall, one point will be deducted. 

For each robocall received that the 

solution failed to forward after the user 

identifies such robocalls for forwarding, 

one point will be deducted. Contestants 

will need to prove to the Contest Judges’ 

satisfaction that the solution accurately 

forwarded only robocalls, and the 

necessary level of proof is within the 

Contest Judges’ sole discretion. 

Furthermore, the Contest Judges have 

sole discretion to determine whether 

two successful methods are 

meaningfully distinct. 

• How well did your solution 

successfully block robocalls identified 

for blocking? Contestants will receive 

twenty points for each distinct 

successful method that your solution 

used to identify robocalls for blocking. 

For each call blocked that was not a 

robocall, one point will be deducted. 

For each robocall received that the 

solution failed to block after the user 

identifies such robocalls for blocking, 

one point will be deducted. Contestants 

will need to prove to the Contest Judges’ 

satisfaction that the solution blocked 

only robocalls, and the necessary level 

of proof is within the Contest Judges’ 

sole discretion. Furthermore, the 

Contest Judges have sole discretion to 

determine whether two successful 

methods are meaningfully distinct. 

• How scalable is your solution? For 

each distinct method that your solution 

uses to forward or block robocalls, 

Contestants will receive five points for 

each such method that is easily 

replicable and adaptable. Furthermore, 

the Contest Judges have sole discretion 

to determine whether two methods are 

meaningfully distinct. 

(ii) How user-friendly is your 

solution? (20% of total score) 

• Does your solution adequately 

provide consumers with notice that 

calls forwarded may be disclosed to law 

enforcement or any carrier associated 

with delivering the call? 

• Does your solution provide 

consumers with flexibility in identifying 

calls for forwarding or blocking? 

Flexibility may include, but is not 

limited to, forwarding or blocking 

particular calls for specified hours of the 

day, or limited calendar days. 

(iii) Explaining the Scheme (20% of 

total score) 

• What insights did your Submission 

demonstrate with respect to identifying 

calls that should be forwarded? 

• What insights did your Submission 

demonstrate with respect to identifying 

calls that should be blocked? 

• What insights did your Submission 

demonstrate in providing consumers 

with the greatest control over the calls 

their phones receive? 

(iv) Innovation (10% of total score) 

• How innovative was your 

Submission? 

B. Final Phase: 

To be eligible to compete in the Final 

phase (‘‘Finalists’’), Contestants must 

have scored within the top five scores 

in the Qualifying phase. Finalists will 

‘‘seed’’ their solutions to collect and 

forward robocalls to a crowd-source 

honeypot designated by the Sponsor. 

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Seeding could include, but is not 

limited to, encouraging consumers to 

use the solution to forward their 

robocalls, or listing a phone number 

associated with their solution (in lieu of 

a consumer’s phone number) on Web 

sites or other lead sources that 

robocallers may collect phone numbers 

from. Finalists will be assigned a phone 

number that they will forward all 

robocalls to by 8:00 p.m. EDT on August 

5, 2015. For judging purposes, only calls 

forwarded between 8:00 p.m. EDT on 

August 5 through 10:00 p.m. EDT on 

August 8 will be included in 

determining a Finalist’s score. Finalists 

will be disqualified, however, if they 

disclose the assigned number to any 

person other than a team member. 

Finalists will also be disqualified if 

they: (1) Place calls using an autodialing 

program or the functional equivalent; (2) 

encourage, assist, or request any other 

person or company to place calls using 

an autodialing program or the functional 

equivalent; (3) place their own, or 

encourage, assist, or request any other 

person to place their own robocalls to 

their solution for forwarding; (4) 

adversely affect any platform, product, 

system, or technology; (5) violate the 

terms of service of any third party 

provider; or 6) do anything prohibited 

by law. Each Finalist must also submit 

a written description consisting of fewer 

than 500 words, summarizing the 

Finalist’s seeding techniques and 

outcomes. 

Judging Criteria: 

(i) How many robocalls did your 

solution forward? (70% of total score) 

• Did you succeed in accurately 

forwarding robocalls to a honeypot? You 

will receive one point for each robocall 

forwarded. For each call forwarded that 

was not a robocall, one point will be 

deducted. Contestants will need to 

prove to the Contest Judges’ satisfaction 

that the solution accurately forwarded 

only robocalls, and the necessary level 

of proof is within the Contest Judges’ 

sole discretion. 

(ii) Explaining the Scheme (20% of 

total score) 

• What insights did your Submission 

demonstrate with respect to seeding 

techniques? 

(iii) Innovation (10% of total score) 

• How innovative was your 

Submission? 

C. In order to be considered for a 

Prize, Submissions must receive a score 

greater than zero in each required 

category for both the Qualifying phase 

(how well does it work, how userfriendly is the solution, explaining the 

scheme, and innovation) and the Final 

phase (how many robocalls the solution 

forwarded, explaining the scheme, and 

innovation). If the Contest Judges 

determine that no one satisfies each 

required category, no one will be 

deemed eligible for any Prize. 

D. The one (1) Contestant or 

Contestants whose Submission earns the 

highest overall combined score from the 

Qualifying and Final phases will be 

named the Top Prize Winner identified 

below in Section 8, if the Contestant 

satisfies the verification requirements 

described in Section 9. If the Contestant 

does not satisfy the verification 

requirements, the Top Prize may be 

awarded to the next highest scorer who 

satisfies the verification requirements, at 

the Contest Judges’ or Sponsor’s 

discretion. 

E. Up to two (2) Contestants with the 

next highest combined scores who meet 

the Section 9 verification requirements 

may be awarded the Honorable Mention 

Prizes—described below in Section 8— 

at the Contest Judges’ or the Sponsor’s 

discretion. If the Contestant does not 

satisfy the verification requirements, the 

Honorable Mention Prize may be 

awarded to the next highest scorer who 

satisfies the verification requirements, at 

the Contest Judges’ or Sponsor’s 

discretion. 

F. Up to five (5) Contestants with the 

highest scores in the Qualifying phase 

who meet the Section 9 verification 

requirements may be awarded the 

Finalist Prize—described below in 

Section 8—at the Contest Judges’ or 

Sponsor’s discretion. If the Contestant 

does not satisfy the verification 

requirements, the Finalist Prize may be 

awarded to the next highest scorer who 

satisfies the verification requirements, at 

the Contest Judges’ or Sponsor’s 

discretion. 

G. In the event of a tie between or 

among two or more Submissions where 

the Contestants meet the verification 

requirements, the relevant Prize 

identified below in Section 8 will be 

divided equally between the tied 

Contestants. 

8. Prizes 

Winner Prize amount 

(for each winner) Quantity 

Top Prize ................................................................................................................................................................. US $23,000 1 

Honorable Mention(s) .............................................................................................................................................. US $8,500 2 

Finalist(s) ................................................................................................................................................................. US $2,000 5 

A. If no eligible Submissions are 

entered in the Contest, no Prizes will be 

awarded. The Sponsor retains the right 

to make a Prize substitution in the event 

that funding for the Prize or any portion 

thereof becomes unavailable. No 

transfer or substitution of a Prize is 

permitted except at the Sponsor’s sole 

discretion. It will be the responsibility 

of the winning team’s Representative to 

allocate the Prize amongst the team, as 

the Representative deems it appropriate. 

B. Each Contestant hereby 

acknowledges and agrees that the 

relationship between the Contestant and 

the Sponsor is not a confidential, 

fiduciary, or other special relationship, 

and that the Contestant’s decision to 

provide the Contestant’s Submission to 

Sponsor for the purposes of this Contest 

does not place the Sponsor and its 

respective agents in a position that is 

any different from the position held by 

the members of the general public with 

regard to elements of the Contestant’s 

Submission, except as specifically 

provided in these Official Rules. 

C. Winners (including any winning 

team members) are responsible for 

reporting and paying all applicable 

federal, state, and local taxes. It is the 

sole responsibility of Winners of $600 or 

more to provide information to the 

Sponsor in order to facilitate receipt of 

the award, including completing and 

submitting any tax forms when 

necessary. It is also the sole 

responsibility of Winners to satisfy any 

applicable reporting requirements. The 

Sponsor reserves the right to withhold 

a portion of the Prize amount to comply 

with tax laws. 

D. All payments shall be made by 

electronic funds transfer or other means 

determined by the Sponsor. 

9. Verification of Eligibility for Receipt 

of a Prize 

A. All prize awards are subject to 

sponsor verification of the winner’s 

identity, eligibility, and participation in 

the creation of the solution. The 

sponsor’s decisions are final and 

binding in all matters related to the 

contest. In order to receive a prize, a 

contestant will be required to complete, 

sign and return to the Sponsor 

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affidavit(s) of eligibility and liability 

release, or a similar verification 

document (‘‘Verification Form’’). 31 

U.S.C. 7701 requires Federal agencies to 

collect social security numbers to issue 

a payment. (In the case of a team, the 

Representative and all participating 

members must complete, sign and 

return to the Sponsor the Verification 

Form.) 

B. Contestants potentially qualifying 

for a Prize will be notified and sent the 

Verification Form using the email 

address submitted at registration, 

starting on or about August 12, 2015. 

The Sponsor reserves the right to change 

the time period to send the Verification 

Form without providing any prior 

notice. In the case of a team, the 

notification will only be sent to the 

Representative. If a notification is 

returned as undeliverable, the 

Contestant or team may be disqualified 

at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. 

C. At the sole discretion of the 

Sponsor, a Contestant or team forfeits 

any Prize if: 

(i) The Contestant fails to provide the 

Verification Form within five (5) 

business days of receipt of the email 

notification discussed above (or in the 

case of a team, any team member fails 

to provide the Verification Form within 

five business days of receipt of the email 

notification); 

(ii) the Contestant (or in the case of a 

team, its Representative) does not timely 

communicate with the Sponsor to 

provide payment and all other necessary 

information within five business days of 

receiving a request for such information; 

(iii) such individual or team 

Representative is contacted and refuses 

the Prize; 

(iv) the Prize is returned as 

undeliverable; or 

(v) the Submission of the Winner, the 

Winner, or any member of a Winner’s 

team is disqualified for any reason. 

D. In the event of a disqualification, 

Sponsor, at its sole discretion, may 

award the applicable Prize to an 

alternate Contestant. The 

disqualification of one (or more) team 

members at any time for any reason may 

result in the disqualification of the 

entire team and of each participating 

member at the sole discretion of the 

Sponsor. 

10. Entry Conditions and Release 

A. By registering, each Contestant 

(including, in the case of a team, all 

participating members) agree(s): 

(i) To comply with and be bound by 

these Official Rules; and 

(ii) That the application of the judging 

criteria, evaluation of the submissions, 

and final selection of the winners is a 

matter of discretion of the Contest 

Judges and Sponsor, and that their 

respective decisions are binding and 

final in all matters relating to this 

Contest. 

B. By registering, each Contestant 

(including, in the case of a team, all 

participating members) agree(s) to 

release, indemnify, and hold harmless 

the Sponsor, Participating 

Organizations, and any other 

individuals or organizations responsible 

for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, 

advertising, or promoting the Contest, 

including their respective parents, 

subsidiaries, and affiliated companies, if 

any, and all of their respective past and 

present officers, directors, employees, 

agents and representatives (hereafter the 

‘‘Released Parties’’) from and against 

any and all claims, expenses, and 

liabilities (including reasonable 

attorneys’ fees and costs of Submission 

preparation) arising out of or relating to 

a Contestant’s entry, creation of 

Submission or entry of a Submission, 

participation in the Contest, acceptance 

or use or misuse of the Prize, and the 

disclosure, broadcast, transmission, 

performance, exploitation, or use of 

Submission as authorized or licensed by 

these Official Rules. Released claims 

include all claims whatsoever 

including, but not limited to (except in 

cases of willful misconduct): injury, 

death, damage, or loss of property, 

revenue or profits, whether direct, 

indirect, or consequential, arising from 

the Contestant’s participation in a 

competition, whether the claim of 

injury, death, damage, or loss arises 

through negligence, mistake, or 

otherwise. This release does not apply 

to claims against the Sponsor arising out 

of the unauthorized use or disclosure by 

the Sponsor of intellectual property, 

trade secrets, or confidential business 

information of the Contestant. 

C. Without limiting the foregoing, 

each Contestant (including, in the case 

of a team, all participating members) 

agrees to release all Released Parties of 

all liability in connection with: 

(i) Any incorrect or inaccurate 

information, whether caused by the 

Sponsor’s or a Contestant’s electronic or 

printing error or by any of the 

equipment or programming associated 

with or utilized in the Contest; 

(ii) technical failures of any kind, 

including, but not limited to, 

malfunctions, interruptions, or 

disconnections in phone lines, internet 

connectivity, or electronic transmission 

errors, or network hardware or software 

or failure of the Contest Web site, or any 

other platform or tool that Contestants 

or Contest Judges choose to use; 

(iii) unauthorized human intervention 

in any part of the entry process or the 

Contest; 

(iv) technical or human error that may 

occur in the administration of the 

Contest or the processing of 

Submissions; or 

(v) any injury or damage to persons or 

property that may be caused, directly or 

indirectly, in whole or in part, from the 

Contestant’s participation in the Contest 

or receipt or use or misuse of any Prize. 

If for any reason any Contestant’s 

Submission is confirmed to have been 

erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise 

destroyed or corrupted, the Contestant’s 

sole remedy is to request the 

opportunity to resubmit its Submission. 

The request will be addressed at the sole 

discretion of the Sponsor if the Contest 

Submission Period is still open. 

D. Based on the subject matter of the 

Contest, the type of work that it possibly 

will require, and the low probability 

that any claims for death, bodily injury, 

or property damage, or loss could result 

from Contest participation, the Sponsor 

determines that Contestants are not 

required to obtain liability insurance or 

demonstrate fiscal responsibility in 

order to participate in this Contest. 

11. Publicity 

Participation in the Contest 

constitutes consent to the use by the 

Sponsor and Participating 

Organizations, their agents’ and any 

other third parties acting on their behalf, 

of the Contestant’s name or codename 

(and, as applicable, those of all other 

members of the team that participated in 

the Submission), Submission video, and 

Submission text description for 

promotional purposes in any media, 

worldwide, without further payment or 

consideration. Furthermore, a 

Contestant’s likeness, photograph, 

voice, opinions, comments, and 

hometown and state of residence (and, 

as applicable, those of all other 

members of the team that participated in 

the Submission) may be used for the 

Sponsor or Participating Organizations’ 

promotional purposes if the Contestant 

provides consent. In addition, the 

Sponsor and Participating Organizations 

reserve the right to make any disclosure 

required by law. 

12. General Conditions 

A. Each Contestant agrees that the 

Sponsor is vested with the sole 

authority to interpret and apply these 

rules. 

B. Sponsor reserves the right, in its 

sole discretion, to cancel, suspend, or 

modify the Contest, or any part of it, 

with or without notice to the 

contestants, if any fraud, technical 

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1The vast majority of prerecorded sales calls are 

illegal under the Telemarketing Sales Rule unless 

the recipient has provided express written consent 

to receive them. 73 FR 51164 (Aug. 29, 2008); 16 

CFR 310.4(b)(1)(v). The Telephone Consumer 

Protection Act also prohibits any type of call (other 

than a call made for emergency purposes) using 

automated telephone equipment or an artificial or 

prerecorded voice to a cellular telephone in the 

absence of prior express consent. 47 U.S.C. 

227(b)(1)(A)(iii). 

failure, or any other unanticipated factor 

or factors beyond Sponsor’s control 

impairs the integrity or proper 

functioning of the Contest, or for any 

other reason. The Sponsor reserves the 

right at its sole discretion to disqualify 

any individual or Contestant that the 

Sponsor finds to be tampering with the 

entry process or the operation of the 

Contest, or to be acting in violation of 

these Official Rules or in a manner that 

is inappropriate, not in the best interests 

of this Contest, or in violation of any 

applicable law or regulation. 

C. Any attempt by any person to 

undermine the proper functioning of the 

Contest may be a violation of criminal 

and civil law, and, should such an 

attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves 

the right to take proper legal action, 

including, without limiting, referral to 

law enforcement, for any illegal or 

unlawful activities. 

D. The Sponsor’s failure to enforce 

any term of these Official Rules shall 

not constitute a waiver of that term. The 

Sponsor is not responsible for 

incomplete, late, misdirected, damaged, 

lost, illegible, or incomprehensible 

Submissions or for address or email 

address changes of the Contestants. 

Proof of sending or submitting is not 

proof of receipt by Sponsor. 

E. In the event of any discrepancy or 

inconsistency between the terms and 

conditions of the Official Rules and 

disclosures or other statements 

contained in any Contest materials, 

including but not limited to the Contest 

Web site or point of sale, television, 

print or online advertising, the terms 

and conditions of the Official Rules 

shall prevail. 

F. The Sponsor reserves the right to 

amend the terms and conditions of the 

Official Rules at any time, including the 

rights or obligations of the Contestant 

and the Sponsor. The Sponsor will post 

the terms and conditions of the 

amended Official Rules on the Contest 

Web site (‘‘Corrective Notice’’). As 

permitted by law, any amendment will 

become effective at the time the Sponsor 

posts the amended Official Rules. 

G. Excluding Submissions, all 

intellectual property related to this 

Contest, including but not limited to 

trademarks, trade-names, logos, designs, 

promotional materials, Web pages, 

source codes, drawings, illustrations, 

slogans, and representations are owned 

or used under license by either the 

Sponsor or Participating Organizations. 

All rights are reserved. Unauthorized 

copying or use of any copyrighted 

material or intellectual property without 

the express written consent of the 

relevant owner(s) is strictly prohibited. 

H. Should any provision of these 

Official Rules be or become illegal or 

unenforceable under applicable Federal 

law, such illegality or unenforceability 

shall leave the remainder of these 

Official Rules unaffected and valid. The 

illegal or unenforceable provision may 

be replaced by the Sponsor with a valid 

and enforceable provision that, in the 

Sponsor’s sole judgment, comes closest 

and best reflects the Sponsor’s intention 

in a legal and enforceable manner with 

respect to the invalid or unenforceable 

provision. 

13. Disputes 

Subject to the release provisions in 

these Official Rules, Contestant agrees 

that: 

A. Any and all disputes, claims, and 

causes of action arising out of or 

connected with this Contest, any Prizes 

awarded, the administration of the 

Contest, the determination of Winners, 

or the construction, validity, 

interpretation, and enforceability of the 

Official Rules shall be resolved 

individually; 

B. any and all disputes, claims, and 

causes of action arising out of or 

connected with this Contest, any Prizes 

awarded, the administration of the 

Contest, the determination of Winners, 

or the construction, validity, 

interpretation, and enforceability of the 

Official Rules shall be resolved pursuant 

to Federal law; 

C. under no circumstances will 

Contestants be entitled to, and 

Contestants hereby waive, all rights to 

claim, any punitive, incidental, and 

consequential damages and any and all 

rights to have damages multiplied or 

otherwise increased. 

14. Privacy 

The sponsor may collect personal 

information from the contestant when 

he or she enters the contest. Such 

personal information collected is subject 

to the privacy policy located here: 

http://www.ftc.gov/site-information/

privacy-policy. 

15. Contact Us 

Please visit the Contest Web site for 

further Contest information and 

updates. 

Jessica Rich, 

Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection. 

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BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Robocall Contest; ‘‘DetectaRobo’’ 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; public challenge. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade 

Commission (‘‘FTC’’) announces an 

open source prize competition that 

challenges the public to analyze data 

from a robocall honeypot, thus 

improving honeypot design. A honeypot 

is an information system that is 

designed to attract perpetrators of illegal 

acts—in this case robocallers—and gain 

knowledge about their tactics. The 

Contest will be held during the National 

Day of Civic Hacking, from June 6–7, 

2015. 

DATES: Contestants may register 

beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight 

Time (‘‘EDT’’) on June 6, 2015. Further 

instructions and requirements regarding 

registration and submission will be 

provided on the Contest Web site 

(ftc.gov/detectarobo). The deadline for 

submitting entries is June 7, 2015, at 

8:00 p.m. EDT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Hsue, 202–326–3132, Division 

of Marketing Practices, Bureau of 

Consumer Protection, FTC; 600 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Mailstop CC– 

8528; Washington, DC 20580. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTC 

DetectaRobo Contest (the ‘‘Contest’’) is 

the next step in the Federal Trade 

Commission’s battle against illegal 

robocalls, and complements the results 

of the FTC’s two prior robocall 

challenges in 2012 and 2014. Robocalls 

are prerecorded messages that generally 

seek to promote the purchase of goods 

or services to a consumer, and are 

regulated by the FTC under the 

Telemarketing Sales Rule. See 16 CFR 

310.4(b)(1)(v). Most such calls are 

illegal,1 and yet they continue to be 

prevalent. 

The FTC is hosting the Contest in 

conjunction with the 2015 National Day 

of Civic Hacking. The Contest will 

challenge the public to contribute to the 

design of robocall honeypots— 

information systems intended to attract 

perpetrators of illegal robocalls and 

gather knowledge about robocaller 

tactics. The Contest is intended to 

engage individuals or teams of 

individuals with information security 

expertise (collectively ‘‘Contestants’’) to 

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