2013-02202. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on December 28, 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”), 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, Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; Indian River School District, Selbyville, DE; learning.com, Portland, OR; State of Michigan Dept. of Education, Bureau of Assessment and Accountability, Lansing, MI; State of Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison, WI; and World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment WIDA, Madison, WI, have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, Wisconsin Virtual School, Tomahawk, WI; Hanyang Cyber University (HYCU), Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Touro University Worldwide, Westlake Village, CA; and Ubion Co., Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 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 October 9, 2012. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on November 6, 2012 (77 FR 66635).

Patricia A. Brink,

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.