[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04674]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 31, 2014, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), IMS Global Learning 
Consortium, Inc. (``IMS Global'') 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, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, 
State of WA, fiscal agent, Olympia, WA; and University of Maryland 
University College, Adelphi, MD, have been added as parties to this 
venture.
    Also, Pearson Embanet (individual member), Orlando, FL; State of 
NH, Office of Curriculum & Assessment, Concord, NH; and VSCHOOLZ, Inc., 
Coral Springs, FL, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.
    In addition, the following members have changed their corporate 
names: Sakai Foundation to Apereo Foundation, Ann Arbor, MI; and Global 
Scholar to Scantron Corporation, Bellevue, WA.
    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 IMS Global intends to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 7, 2000, IMS Global 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 September 13, 2000 (65 FR 55283).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on November 22, 
2013. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on December 30, 2013 (78 FR 79498).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-04674 Filed 3-3-14; 8:45 am]
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