[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 140 (Monday, July 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 42367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16438]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium, 
Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 13, 2008, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Network Centric Operations 
Industry Consortium, Inc. has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 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, Australian Defence Information & 
Electronic Systems Association, Inc., Manuka, ACT, AUSTRALIA; 
Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, Berlin, GERMANY; 
The SDR Forum Inc., Phoenix, AZ; and SenseResponder LLC, San Diego, CA 
have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Ball Solutions Group Pty Ltd., Barton, ACT, AUSTRALIA; 
Interoperability Clearinghouse, Alexandria, VA; and United States 
Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate, 
Washington, DC have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 Network Centric Operations Industry 
Consortium, Inc. intends to file additional written notifications 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On November 19, 2004, Network Centric Operations Industry 
Consortium, Inc. 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 February 2, 
2005 (70 FR 5486).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on March 25, 
2008. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on May 9, 2008 (73 FR 26414).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E8-16438 Filed 7-18-08; 8:45 am]
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