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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Financial Services Technology Consortium, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 30, 2001, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Financial Services Technology 
Consortium, Inc. (``Consortium'') 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, University Bank, 
Ann Arbor, MI has joined the Consortium as a principal member. 
Authentor Systems, Inc., Englewood, CA joined the Consortium as an 
associate member. National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), 
Gaithersburg, MD joined the Consortium as an advisory member. Also, 
Department of Treasury, Washington, DC; FundServ, Inc., Toronto, 
Ontario, Canada; IntraNet, Newton, MA; National Center for 
Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS), Ann Arbor, MI; and NEC Corporation, 
Tokyo, Japan 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 Financial Services Technology 
Consortium, Inc. intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On October 21, 1993, Financial Services Technology 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 December 14, 1993 (58 FR 65399).
    The last notification was files with the Department on December 27, 
2000. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on March 20, 2001 (66 FR 15758).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-12858 Filed 5-21-01; 8:45 am]
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