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proprietary, competitively sensitive 

information of a rival SRM supplier 

supporting Northrop’s missile system 

business could be transferred to 

Northrop’s vertically integrated SRM 

business. 

VI. The Consent Agreement 

The Consent Agreement remedies the 

acquisition’s likely anticompetitive 

effects by requiring, whenever Northrop 

competes for a missile system prime 

contract, that Northrop must make its 

SRM products and related services 

available on a non-discriminatory basis 

to all other third-party competing prime 

contractors that wish to purchase them. 

The non-discrimination prohibitions of 

the Consent Agreement are 

comprehensive and apply to any 

potential discriminatory conduct 

affecting price, schedule, quality, data, 

personnel, investment, technology, 

innovation, design, or risk. 

The Consent Agreement requires 

Northrop to establish firewalls to ensure 

that Northrop does not transfer or use 

any proprietary information that it 

receives from competing missile prime 

contractors or SRM suppliers in a 

manner that harms competition. These 

firewall provisions require that 

Northrop maintain separate firewalled 

teams to support offers of SRMs to 

different third-party missile prime 

contractors and to maintain these 

firewalled teams separate from the team 

supporting Northrop’s missile prime 

contractor activities. The firewall 

provisions also prohibit Northrop’s 

missile business from sharing 

proprietary information it may receive 

from third-party SRM suppliers with 

Northrop’s SRM business. 

The Consent Agreement also provides 

that the DOD’s Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition and 

Sustainment shall appoint a compliance 

officer to oversee Northrop’s compliance 

with the Order. The compliance officer 

will have all the necessary investigative 

powers to perform his or her duties, 

including the right to interview 

respondent’s personnel, inspect 

respondent’s facilities, and require 

respondents to provide documents, 

data, and other information. The 

compliance officer has the authority to 

retain third-party advisors, at the 

expense of Northrop, as appropriate to 

perform his or her duties. Access to 

these extensive resources will ensure 

that the compliance officer is fully 

capable of overseeing the 

implementation of, and compliance 

with, the Order. 

The purpose of this analysis is to 

facilitate public comment on the 

proposed Consent Agreement, and it is 

not intended to constitute an official 

interpretation of the proposed Consent 

Agreement or to modify its terms in any 

way. 

By direction of the Commission. 

Janice Frankle, 

Acting Secretary. 

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Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

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ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

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This proposed information collection 

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AHRQ received no substantive 

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The purpose of this notice is to allow an 

additional 30 days for public comment. 

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this proposed information collection. 

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are 

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