[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 237 (Friday, December 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 71850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27066]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Business Process Management Initiative

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 1, 2004, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Business Process Management 
Initiative (``BPMI'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
(1) the name and principal place of business of the standards 
development organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards 
development activities. The notifications were filed for the purpose of 
invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: Business 
Process Management Initiative, Lighthouse Point, FL. The nature and 
scope of BPMI's standards development activities are: standardization 
of terminology, definitions, formats, quality, and procedures for the 
production, use and deployment of business process management systems, 
and related data. Standards, recommended practices, and technical 
reports prepared in accordance with BPMI's policies and procedures are 
intended to have broad national acceptance, as well as provide the 
basis upon which to achieve international accord in the development of 
ISO standards.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-27066 Filed 12-9-04; 8:45 am]
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