[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 16 (Thursday, January 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 3416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-316]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--National Conference of Public Officials, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 11, 2006, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), National Conference of 
Public Officials, Inc. (``NCOPO'') 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: National 
Conference of Public Officials, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. The nature and 
scope of NCOPO's standards development activities are: To develop, 
plan, establish, coordinate and publish voluntary consensus standards 
applicable to the fields of government ethics, accountability and 
productivity. Specifically, NCOPO, a nonprofit corporation consisting 
of elected and appointed public officials as voting members and 
attorneys, government contractors, nonprofit organizations engaged in 
public advocacy, political parties and other stakeholders as non-voting 
members, develops, plans, establishes, coordinates and publishes 
voluntary consensus standards in the form of model uniform codes and 
standards for adoption with or without modification by any Federal, 
State or municipal governmental unit as statutes, ordinances, 
administrative codes and regulations, or court rules of procedures 
covering nine topical subjects, consisting of (1) Ethics and standards 
of conduct for public and political officeholders; (2) public safety, 
Homeland and national security; (3) prosecution, public defenders, 
legal aid societies, and other court and judicial matters; (4) public 
accessibility to government, campaign financing, voting accessibility, 
elections and administration of political parties and campaign 
committees; (5) administrative and regulator processes; (6) land use, 
planning, zoning, environmental protection and energy conservation; (7) 
public infrastructure, public property, transportation and public 
transit; (8) delivery of healthcare and social relief and welfare 
services, public education; and (9) other miscellaneous matters not 
covered by the aforementioned topics.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-316 Filed 1-24-07; 8:45 am]
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