2017-23692. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on October 6, 2017, 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, Central Massachusetts Collaborative, Worcester, MA; Colorado Technical University, Schaumburg, IL; Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, Berlin, GERMANY; Delaware Department of Education, Dover, DE; Henry County Schools, McDonough, GA; Knovation, Inc., Cincinnati, OH; and New Meridian Corporation (PARCC Consortium), Austin, TX, have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, PARCC, Inc., Washington, DC; WEDU COMMUNICATIONS, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Pacific Metrics, Monterey, CA; and Fidelis Inc., Redwood City, CA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 July 10, 2017. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on July 25, 2017 (82 FR 34550).

Patricia A. Brink,

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.