[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 8 (Thursday, January 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 2449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-930]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--IOPS.ORG Project

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 27, 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''), the Corporation for 
National Research Initiatives (``CNRI'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously on behalf of a Cooperative Project between 
CNRI and participants known as the IOPS.ORG Project (``IOPS'') 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 Global Networking Services, Basking Ridge, NJ; 
Broadwing Communications Services, Inc., Austin, TX; Cable & Wireless, 
Washington, DC; Conxion, Santa Clara, CA; and Qwest, Denver, CO have 
been added as Primary Members of this project. ANS CO+RE Systems, Inc., 
Elmsford, NY; BBN Corporation, Cambridge, MA; MCI Telecommunications, 
Washington, DC; PSINet, Inc., Herndon, VA; and UUNET Technologies, 
Fairfax, VA have been discontinued as Primary Members of this project.
    The following companies have changed their names: AT&T Corporation, 
Basking Ridge, NJ is now AT&T Worldnet, Basking Ridge, NJ; GTE 
Intelligent Network Systems, Inc., Irving TX is now GTE 
Internetworking, Irving, TX; NETCOM On-Line Communications Services, 
Inc., San Jose, CA is now ICG Communications, Englewood, CO; and Sprint 
Communications Company, LLP, Kansas City, MO is now Sprint Internet 
Service Center, Kansas City, MO.
    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 CNRI intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On July 2, 1997, CNRI 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 October 
6, 1997 (62 FR 52152).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-930 Filed 1-10-01 8:45 am]
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