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• Brief overview on Overview about the concept purpose of a Center of Excellence
• Discussed the Mission and Vision of the HCD CoE, see our Confluence page here https://qnetconfluence.cms.gov/display/HCD we will continue . We plan to add new content . We will be happy if there are any ideas you would like to share. Share your Ideasperiodically, please let us know if you have any ideas or comments. Share your Ideas!

Group Discussion: Recruiting research Participants.

The following questions were asked:

• What has worked for your team t hat you recommend for others
• How have you recruited volunteers to participate in research activities?
• What ongoing challenges do you face?
  What ongoing challenges do you face?
• What role could a CoE play?

• Discussion around building relationships to recruit participants and the challenges of recruiting within the government space.
• The importance of making sure that we also recruit participants with disabilities. It has a significant impact for Section 508 which is critical when developing applications and services in the Government space.
• Question was asked about compensation & incentives for people to participate in Federal Government space.
  • We plan to do research this topic and publish our findings. In the meantime, here is an article you can read on the topic. https://digital.gov/2016/02/10/paying-incentives-for-federal-user-research/
  • Nicole suggested that we can ask for research compensation in the contract language from the beginning setting you up for success in recruiting participants.