[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 250 (Monday, December 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 79498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31228]


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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 November 22, 2013, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec.  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, Carson-Dellosa Publishing, Greensboro, NC; 
Data Recognition Group, Maple Grove, MN; Nelson Education Ltd., 
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; The Northwest Evaluation Association, 
Portland, OR; Pacific Metrics, Monterey, CA; and The Constitution 
Foundation dba The Saylor Foundation, Washington, DC, have been added 
as parties to this venture.
    Also, Ucompass.com, Inc., Tallahassee, FL; Tegrity, Santa Clara, 
CA; Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City, UT; Rhode Island 
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Office of Instruction, 
Assessment, and Curriculum, Providence, RI; and State of Michigan Dept. 
of Education, Bureau of Assessments and Accountability, Lansing, MI, 
have withdrawn as parties to this venture.
    In addition, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace 
Relations has changed its name to Australian Government Department of 
Education, Canberra City, AUSTRALIA.
    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 August 16, 
2013. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on September 16, 2013 (78 FR 56939).

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