40080 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 140 / Monday, July 26, 2021 / Notices 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on January 6, 2021. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on January 19, 2021 (86 FR 5251). 

Suzanne Morris, 

Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics, 

Antitrust Division. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15820 Filed 7–23–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Advanced Media 

Workflow Association, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on June 

25, 2021, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

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

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Advanced Media 

Workflow Association, Inc. 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, 

Christie Digital Systems, Phoenix, AZ; 

Cobalt Digital Inc., Champaign, IL; and 

Pedro Ferreira (individual member), 

Lavra, PORTUGAL, have been added as 

parties to this venture. 

Also, Beijing Gefei Tech Co., Ltd., 

Beijing, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

CHINA, has withdrawn as a party to this 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 Advanced 

Media Workflow Association, Inc. 

intends to file additional written 

notifications disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On March 28, 2000, Advanced Media 

Workflow Association, 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 June 29, 2000 (65 FR 40127). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on March 24, 2021. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on April 8, 2021 (86 FR 18299). 

Suzanne Morris, 

Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics, 

Antitrust Division. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15821 Filed 7–23–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Secretary’s Order 02–2021—To 

Withdraw Secretary’s Order 10–2020, 

Statement of Policy Regarding 

Independence of Advisory Committee 

Members 

1. Purpose. To withdraw Secretary’s 

Order 10–2020, Statement of Policy 

Regarding Independence of Advisory 

Committee Members. 

2. Authorities and Directives Affected. 

A. Authorities. This Order is issued 

pursuant to the following authorities: 

1. 29 U.S.C. 551 et seq.; 

2. 5 U.S.C. 301–02; and 

3. 5 U.S.C. app. 2, 1–15. 

B. Directives Affected. Secretary’s 

Order 10–2020 is hereby withdrawn. 

3. Definitions. ‘‘Committee’’ refers to 

any advisory committee, committee, 

board, task force, or working group to 

which the Secretary or the Secretary’s 

designee appoints individuals subject to 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

and their subcommittees. This Order 

does not apply to internal committees, 

boards, task forces, or working groups, 

or to purely interagency committees, 

boards, task forces, or working groups. 

4. Background. The stated purpose of 

Secretary’s Order 10–2020 was to 

strengthen the quality and reliability of 

advice provided by advisory committees 

to the Department of Labor (DOL), by 

identifying factors to be used in 

selecting committee members that will 

increase transparency in the 

disbursement of taxpayer dollars, 

enhance public confidence in advisory 

committees, and promote efficiency in 

the selection of candidates to serve on 

advisory committees. The formation of 

Committees and the selection of their 

membership are governed in detail by 

the Department of Labor Manual Series. 

Secretary’s Order 10–2020 established 

new, additional procedures for the 

evaluation of Committee members by 

requiring additional consideration of a 

candidate’s financial interests in DOL 

grants and contracts, and requiring 

agencies to collect a candidate 

attestation, the Individual’s SelfCertification of Financial Independence, 

from nominees. If the candidate was 

unable to self-certify, the agency head 

could review the circumstances to 

determine whether the candidate was 

sufficiently financially independent 

from (i.e., not so directly related to) DOL 

programs making grants or contract 

disbursements. These requirements 

were imposed in addition to the 

rigorous candidate background checks 

agencies perform routinely per DOL 

policy, although there had been no 

demonstrated necessity for the 

additional attestations or separate 

analyses Secretary’s Order 10–2020 

requires. Furthermore, Secretary’s Order 

10–2020 does not apply to all DOL 

advisory committee members as it 

provides for specific and qualified 

exceptions, and allows agencies to make 

case-by-case, independent 

determinations as to whether a 

candidate is sufficiently financially 

independent if a candidate is unable to 

self-certify, rendering its application 

inconsistent and arbitrary. As such, 

Secretary’s Order 10–2020 has created 

superfluous procedures with no 

demonstrated value justifying the 

additional administrative burden. While 

the Department has a strong interest in 

obtaining expert advice from its 

Committees, the Department has 

determined these new procedures on 

balance to be unnecessary. Accordingly, 

this Order rescinds Secretary’s Order 

10–2020. Appointments previously 

made under Secretary’s Order 10–2020 

are unaffected by this Order. 

5. Responsibilities. 

A. The Deputy Secretary is 

responsible for issuing written 

guidance, as necessary, to implement 

this Order. 

B. The Committee Management 

Officer, as required by § 8(b) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, is 

responsible for coordinating all Federal 

Advisory Committee activities with 

DOL agencies. 

C. The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration and Management, in 

consultation with the Deputy Secretary, 

Solicitor of Labor, and the Committee 

Management Officer, is responsible for 

maintaining internal Department 

guidance related to the selection and 

appointment of members to Committees. 

D. The Solicitor of Labor is 

responsible for providing legal advice to 

the Department on all matters arising in 

the implementation and administration 

of this Order. 

7. Privacy. This Order is subject to the 

applicable laws, regulations, and 

procedures concerning the privacy of 

applicants to Committees. 

8. Controlling Law; Administrative 

Matters. The requirements of this Order 

are intended to be general in nature, and 

accordingly will be construed and 

implemented consistent with more 


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