[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 39335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18896]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Financial Services Technology Consortium, Inc.: 
Financial Agent Secure Transaction (FAST) Project

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 29, 2001, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Financial Services Technology 
Consortium, Inc.: Financial Agent Secure Transaction (FAST) Project 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, Access 
Softeck, Inc., Berkeley, CA; Bank of America, Richmond, VA; Business 
Logic Corporation, Chicago, IL; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, IL; 
and Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA have been added 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 Financial Services Technology 
Consortium, Inc.: Financial Agent Secure Transaction (FAST) Project 
intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes 
in membership.
    On June 28, 2001, Financial Services Technology Consortium, Inc.: 
Financial Agent Secure Transaction (FAST) Project filed its original 
notification pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. A notice has not yet 
been published in the Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-18896 Filed 7-27-01; 8:45 am]
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