[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 15394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6285]


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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 February 16, 2012, 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. (``NCOIC'') 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, Conference Concepts, Inc., San Diego, CA; 
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and Northrop Grumman Corporation, 
Los Angeles, CA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 NCOIC intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On November 19, 2004, NCOIC 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 November 22, 
2011. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on December 21, 2011 (76 FR 79218).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
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