Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 228 / Monday, November 29, 2004 / Notices 69395

standards and methods for assessing 

performance against the standards that 

can be used by the smallest and 

simplest organizations interested in selfimprovement, through to the largest and 

most complex organizations in the 

education abroad field.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Government Electronics 

& Information Technology Association 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 15, 2004, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Government Electronics & Information 

Technology Association (‘‘GEIA’’) has 

filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) the name and 

principal place of business of the 

standards development organization 

and (2) the nature and scope of its 

standards development activities. 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 name and principal place of 

business of the standards development 

organization is: Government Electronics 

& Information Technology Association, 

Arlington, VA. The nature and scope of 

GEIA’s standards development activities 

are: standards focused on business, 

management, modeling and processes. 

These include those functions 

associated with the design, 

manufacture, and integration of 

electronics and information technology 

systems, products, and their 

interoperability.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—HR–XML Consortium, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on August 

27, 2004, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), HR–XML 

Consortium, Inc. (‘‘HR–XML’’) has filed 

written notifications simultaneously 

with the Attorney General and the 

Federal Trade Commission disclosing 

(1) the name and principal place of 

business of the standards development 

organization and (2) the nature and 

scope of its standards development 

activities. 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 name and principal place of 

business of the standards development 

organization is: HR–XML Consortium, 

Inc., Raleigh, NC. The nature and scope 

of HR–XML’s standards development 

activities are: the development of 

voluntary, consensus standards for data 

interchange between and among human 

resource (HR) management systems. 

Topics for data interchange standards 

considered by HR–XML include: 

Payroll, employee benefits, 

compensation, recruiting, temporary 

staffing, background checks, drug 

testing, assessments, competencies, HR 

business process outsourcing, and other 

HR management processes.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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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 

September 21, 2004, 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. has 

filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership status. 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, Sentient Consulting 

Limited, Liverpool, United Kingdom; 

ACT Consultants Ltd., Sheffield, United 

Kingdom; and UK eUniversities 

Worldwide Limited, London, United 

Kingdom have been dropped 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 

Learning Consortium, Inc. intends to file 

additional written notification 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On April 7, 2000, IMS Global 

Learning Consortium, Inc. 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 June 29, 2004. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on August 6, 2004 (69 FR 47959).

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Insulating Glass 

Manufacturers Alliance 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 15, 2004, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance 

(‘‘IGMA’’) has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) the name and 

principal place of business of the 

standards development organization 

and (2) the nature and scope of its 

standards development activities. 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. 

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Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, 

the name and principal place of 

business of the standards development 

organization is: Insulating Glass 

Manufacturers Alliance, Ottawa, 

Ontario, CANADA. The nature and 

scope of IGMA’s standards development 

activities are: To develop and 

coordinate voluntary consensus 

standards applicable to the production 

of insulating glass units primarily 

through its sponsorship and 

administration of a certification program 

for insulating glass units. The IGMA 

certification program recognizes the 

need for regular and impartial product 

testing, maintenance of quality control 

in the manufacturing process, and 

identification of products that conform 

to established criteria. Products eligible 

for certification under the IGMA 

certification program are insulating 

glass units meeting the current 

published version of one or more of the 

following: (1) ASTM E2190, Standard 

Specification for Insulating Glass Unit 

Performance and Evaluation; (2) CAN 

CGSB 12.8, Insulating Glass Units. 

IGMA contracts with independent 

agencies and/or auditors to perform 

facility audits and compliance audits to 

ensure eligibility for certification. As 

part of the certification program, IGMA 

also provides guidelines to 

manufacturers and others for the 

implementation of quality assurance 

programs to ensure in-plant quality 

control.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—International Association 

of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 14, 2004, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

International Association of Plumbing 

and Mechanical Officials (‘‘IAPMO’’) 

has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) the name and 

principal place of business of the 

standards development organization 

and (2) the nature and scope of its 

standards development activities. 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 name and principal place of 

business of the standards development 

organization is: International 

Association of Plumbing and 

Mechanical Officials, Ontario, CA. The 

nature and scope of IAPMO’s standards 

development activities are: The 

development of minimum standards 

and requirements to safeguard life or 

limb, health, property and public 

welfare by regulating and controlling 

the design, construction, installation, 

quality of materials, location, operation 

and maintenance or use of plumbing, 

heating, ventilating, cooling, 

refrigeration systems, incinerators, and 

other miscellaneous heat producing 

appliances. The activity also includes 

the development of performance 

standards for synthetic organic 

plumbing fixtures and standards for the 

composition, dimensions, and/or 

mechanical and physical properties of 

materials, fixtures, devices and 

equipment used or installed in 

plumbing or mechanical systems.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—International Code 

Council, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 20, 2004, pursuant to section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

International Code Council, Inc. (‘‘ICC’’) 

has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) the name and 

principal place of business of the 

standards development organization 

and (2) the nature and scope of its 

standards development activities. 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 

name and principal place of business of 

the standards development organization 

is: International Code Council, Inc., 

Country Club Hills, IL. The nature and 

scope of ICC’s standards development 

activities are: To develop standards on 

building construction.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Joint Committee on 

Standards for Educational Evaluation 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 22, 2004, pursuant to section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Joint 

Committee on Standards for Educational 

Evaluation (‘‘JCSEE’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) the name and 

principal place of business of the 

standards development organization 

and (2) the nature and scope of its 

standards development activities. 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 

name and principal place of business of 

the standards development organization 

is: Joint Committee on Standards for 

Educational Evaluation, Kalamazoo, MI. 

The nature and scope of JCSEE’s 

standards development activities are: 

The development and maintenance of 

standards for evaluations of educational 

programs, projects, and materials; 

educational personnel; and other critical 

aspects of education.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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