[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77037-77038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30042]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Consortium for Homeland Security Technology

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 1, 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''), Consortium for Homeland 
Security Technology (``Consortium'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the venture 
and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. 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 identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Consortium for Homeland Security Technology, 
Washington, DC; Chesapeake Cartridge Corporation, Blacksburg, VA; D&S 
Consultants, Inc., Eatontown, NJ; Interoptek, Inc., Huntsville, AL; 
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA; OGSystems, LLC, Chantilly, VA; 
Protonex Technology Corporation, Southborough, MA; R3 Strategic Support 
Group, Inc., Coronado, CA; REK Associates, LLC, South Riding, VA; RMCU, 
LLC, Franklin, NC; Shoulder 2 Shoulder, Inc., Bluemont, VA; STIMULUS 
Engineering Services, Inc., Odon, IN; Tiburon Associates, Inc., Grand 
Rapids, MI; and UXB International, Blacksburg, VA.
    The general area of Consortium's planned activity is to (a) enter 
into an Other Transaction Agreement (``OT Agreement'') with the U.S. 
Government (``Government'') for the funding of certain research, 
development, testing and evaluation of prototypes to be conducted as a 
collaboration between the Government and Consortium Members, to enhance 
the capabilities of the Government and its departments and agencies in 
the fields of border and maritime security; chemical and biological 
defense; cyber security; explosives countermeasures; first response; 
and resilient systems; (b) participate in the establishment of sound 
technical and programmatic performance goals based on the needs and 
requirements of the Government's Technology Objectives and create 
programs and secure funding for the Technology Objectives; (c) provide 
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unified voice to effectively articulate the global and strategically 
important role homeland security-enabling technologies play in current 
and future national security objectives; and (d) maximize the 
utilization of the Government's and Members' capabilities to 
effectively develop critical technologies which can be transitioned and 
commercialized.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-30042 Filed 12-22-14; 8:45 am]
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