2020-12306. Antitrust Division

Notice is hereby given that, on May 19, 2020, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Border Security Technology Consortium (“BSTC”) 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, Syzygy Integration LLC, Philadelphia, PA; Rafael System Global Sustainment, LLC, Bethesda, MD; and Tsymmetry, Inc., Washington, DC have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, Garud Technology Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD; Megaray LLC, New York, NY; Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA; TigerSwan, Inc., Apex, NC; Advanced Detection Technology, LLC, Mooresville, NC; Surface Optics Corporation, San Diego, CA; SecureInsights, LLC, Washington, DC; Synapse Technology Corporation, Palo Alto, CA; Rigaku Analytical Devices, Inc., Wilmington, DE; Tyto Athene, LLC, Herndon, VA; BlackSky Geospatial Solutions, Inc., Herndon, VA; Solute, Inc., San Diego, CA; TCOM, LP, Columbia, MD; Michael Baker Jr., Inc., Phoenix, AZ; Commdex Consulting, LLC, Norcorss, GA; Unmanned Solutions Technology, LLC, Beavercreek, OH; Irvine Sensors Corporation, Costa Mesa, CA; and ITI Solutions, Inc., San Antonio, TX have withdrawn as a party to this venture.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 BSTC intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On May 30, 2012, BSTC 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 June 18, 2012 (77 FR 36292).

The last notification was filed with the Department on January 23, 2020. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on February 27, 2020 (85 FR 11396).

Suzanne Morris,

Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics, Antitrust Division.