[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 126 (Thursday, June 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 40129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16479]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Corporation for National Research Initiatives: 
Cross Industry Working Team (``XIWT'') Project

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 12, 2000, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Corporation For National 
Research Initiatives: Cross Industry Working Team (``XIWT'') has filed 
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the 
Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. 
The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, AT&T Laboratories, 
Florham Park, NJ; CitiGroup, New York, NY; MCI Worldcom, Reston, VA; 
Telecordia Technologies, Inc., Morristown, NJ; Enron Broadband 
Services, Inc., Portland, OR; US West, Inc., Boulder, CO; and Virtual 
Networks, Sunnyvale, CA have been added as parties to this venture. 
Also, Citicorp, New York, NY; MCI Communications, Richardson, TX; US 
West Communications, Boulder, CO; Inverse Network Technologies, 
Sunnyvale, CA AT&T Communications, Florham Park, NJ; Bellcore, 
Morristown, NJ; Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, CA; Texas Instruments, 
Dallas, TX; Ameritech, Chicago, IL; Bell Atlantic, Philadelphia, PA; 
Novell, Provo, UT; Southwestern Bell, St. Louis, MO; CyberCash, Reston, 
VA; Houston Associates, Silver Spring, MD; InterTrust Technologies, 
Sunnyvale, CA; Pitney Bowes, Stanford, CT; and The New York Times, New 
York, NY have been dropped as parties to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and Corporation For National Research 
Initiatives: Cross Industry Working Team (``XIWT'') intends to file 
additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On September 28, 1993, the Corporation For National Research 
Initiatives: Cross Industry Working Team (``XIWT'') filed its original 
notification pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of 
Justice published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 
6(b) of the Act on December 17, 1993 (58 FR 66022).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on January 20, 
1999. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on May 20, 1999 (64 FR 27603).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-16479 Filed 6-28-00; 8:45 am]
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