83_FR_9589 83 FR 9545 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Telemanagement Forum

83 FR 9545 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Telemanagement Forum

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 44 (March 6, 2018)

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FR Document2018-04442

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Telemanagement Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 11, 2018, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), TeleManagement Forum (``The 
Forum'') 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, Agile 
Network Systems Limited, Fareham, UNITED KINGDOM; Alexander Consulting 
Group--ACG Digital, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Antarctic Palmtrees 
Limited, Watford, UNITED KINGDOM; ARGELA Yazilim ve Bilisim 
Teknolojileri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Istanbul, TURKEY; Atilze Digital, 
Petaling Jaya, MALAYSIA; Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco), 
Manama, BAHRAIN; Black Tangent Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SINGAPORE; CanGo 
Networks Private Ltd., Chennai, INDIA; Circa Information Corporation, 
Fergus, CANADA; City of Belfast, Belfast, UNITED KINGDOM; Civimetrix 
Telecom, Magog, CANADA; Cloudstreet, Espoo, FINLAND; Cmind Inc, 
Gatineau, CANADA; Comporium Communications, Rock Hill, SC; Dave Calder, 
Pleasant Hill, CA; Digalance, Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; GEMALTO SA, 
Paris, FRANCE; GeoSpock Ltd., Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM; HCL Hong Kong 
SAR Limited, Wan Chai HONG KONG-CHINA; Hochschule Fresenius f[uuml]r 
Management, Wirtschaft und Medien GmbH, Hamburg, GERMANY; Hutchison 3G 
UK, Maidenhead, UNITED KINGDOM; IPgallery, Ra'anana, ISRAEL; KNOWHAWK 
sprl, Pont-[agrave]-Celles, BELGIUM; Kurrant, Singapore, SINGAPORE; 
LocalSearch Web Pty Ltd, Robina, AUSTRALIA; MayerConsult Inc., Ottawa, 
CANADA; MTN Group Limited, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA; Neustar, 
Sterling, VA; NF CSB d.o.o., Ljubljana, SLOVENIA; Openet, Dublin, 
IRELAND; Orange Luxembourg, Bertrange, LUXEMBOURG; Plintron Global 
Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd., Chennai, INDIA; POSITIVE MOMENTUM 
LIMITED, London, ENGLAND; Progresif Cellular Sdn Bhd, Bandar Seri 
Begawan, BRUNEI; Proximus SA, Brussels, BELGIUM; Reinfer Ltd., London, 
UNITED KINGDOM; ServiceMax from GE Digital, London, UNITED KINGDOM; 
Siminn, Reykjav[iacute]k, ICELAND; SLA Digital, Belfast, UNITED 
KINGDOM; Telesur, Paramaribo, SURINAME; The Institute of Electrical and 
Electronics Engineers Incorporated, New York, NY; Trektel, Miami Lakes, 
FL; twim GmbH, Zug, SWITZERLAND; Vocus Communications, Melbourne, 
AUSTRALIA; and Vodacom Mozambique, Cidade de Maputo, MOZAMBIQUE, have 
been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, the following members have changed their names: Monolith 
Software to Federos, Frisco, TX; Labcities to Antarctic Palmtrees 
Limited, Watford, UNITED KINGDOM; iisy AG to solvatio AG, Rimpar, 
GERMANY; and ForecastCons Ltd. to FORNAX d.o.o., Podgorica, MONTENEGRO.
    In addition, the following parties have withdrawn as parties to 
this venture: AdvOSS, Richmond, CANADA; Alaska Communications Systems 
Holdings, Inc., Anchorage, AK; Bell Integrator, Moscow, RUSSIA; 
Blueline, Antananarivo, MADAGASCAR; BLUGEM COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED, 
Barnstaple, UNITED KINGDOM; Chorus New Zealand Limited, Wellington, NEW 
ZEALAND; City of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA; DigitalRoute, Stockholm, SWEDEN; 
Elite Business, Tunis, TUNISIA; EnterpriseWeb, Glen Falls, NY; Etihad 
Atheeb Telecom Company, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA; Fiberhome 
Telecommunication Technologies Co. Ltd., Wuhan, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA; Fulcrum Technologies Inc., Seattle, WA; HHB SOLUTIONS LIMITED, 
Kowloon, HONG KONG-CHINA; Higher Logic, LLC, Arlington, VA; Hitachi 
Data Systems, Santa Clara, CA; Infonova, Unterpremstatten, AUSTRIA; 
Intellity Consulting, SpA, Lima, PERU; IPvideosys, Sunnyvale, CA; Isle 
of Man--MICTA, Ballasalla, ISLE OF MAN; JBS, Chernihiv, UKRAINE; 
Kiltartan Consulting, Rondebosch, SOUTH AFRICA; MDS Global, Warrington, 
UNITED KINGDOM; Mediaan/abs bv, Heerlen, NETHERLANDS; MITRE, Bedford, 
MA; MSTelcom, Luanda, ANGOLA; Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 
Ikoma, JAPAN; Now New Zealand Limited, Napier, NEW ZEALAND; Ontology 
Systems, London, UNITED KINGDOM; OpenCell, Paris, FRANCE; OPT Nouvelle 
Cal[eacute]donie, Noum[eacute]a, NEW CALEDONIA; PER[Uacute] Connect 
SAC, Miraflores, PERU; Pervazive, Bengaluru, INDIA; Powerlink, 
Virginia, AUSTRALIA; PRESECURE Consulting

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GmbH, Munster, GERMANY; ProCom Consulting, Alpharetta, GA; Redknee 
Inc., Mississauga, CANADA; ServiceMesh, Inc., Los Angeles, CA; SFR, 
Paris, FRANCE; Sistema Turkey, Istanbul, TURKEY; State Information 
Technology Agency (SITA), Pretoria East, SOUTH AFRICA; Sutherland Labs, 
London, UNITED KINGDOM; Suvitech Co. Ltd., Bangkok, THAILAND; T2 
Yazilim Ltd. Sti., Ankara, TURKEY; TECNOCOM, Madrid, SPAIN; Telekom 
Brunei Berhad (TelBru), Berakas, BRUNEI; Telesens IT, Kharkiv, UKRAINE; 
TIERONE, Inc., Reston, VA; Trust5, Dublin, IRELAND; TWINT AG, Bern, 
SWITZERLAND; Uecomm Ltd., Richmond, AUSTRALIA; University Politehnica 
of Bucharest, Bucharest, ROMANIA; Vitis Consultoria, Bras[iacute]lia, 
BRAZIL; Vodafone Hutchison Australia, North Sydney, AUSTRALIA; 
Waterfront Toronto, Toronto, CANADA; Airtel Africa, Nairobi, KENYA; 
Bristol is Open, Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM; Symantec Corporation, 
Mountain View, CA; Symsoft AB, Stockholm, SWEDEN; and True Corporation 
Public Company Limited, Bangkok, THAILAND.
    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 The Forum intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On October 21, 1988, The Forum 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 8, 1988 (53 FR 49615).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on July 21, 
2017. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on August 28, 2017 (82 FR 40806).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 44 / Tuesday, March 6, 2018 / Notices 9545 6(a) of the National Cooperative DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BRUNEI; Proximus SA, Brussels, Research and Production Act of 1993, BELGIUM; Reinfer Ltd., London, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Antitrust Division UNITED KINGDOM; ServiceMax from National Spectrum Consortium (‘‘NSC’’) GE Digital, London, UNITED Notice Pursuant to the National KINGDOM; Siminn, Reykjavı́k, has filed written notifications Cooperative Research and Production ICELAND; SLA Digital, Belfast, UNITED simultaneously with the Attorney Act of 1993—Telemanagement Forum KINGDOM; Telesur, Paramaribo, General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its Notice is hereby given that, on SURINAME; The Institute of Electrical membership. The notifications were January 11, 2018, pursuant to Section and Electronics Engineers Incorporated, 6(a) of the National Cooperative New York, NY; Trektel, Miami Lakes, filed for the purpose of extending the Research and Production Act of 1993, FL; twim GmbH, Zug, SWITZERLAND; Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Vocus Communications, Melbourne, antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages AUSTRALIA; and Vodacom under specified circumstances. TeleManagement Forum (‘‘The Forum’’) filed written notifications Mozambique, Cidade de Maputo, Specifically, Augustine Consulting, Inc. MOZAMBIQUE, have been added as (ACI), Monterey, CA; Knowledge Based simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade parties to this venture. Systems, Inc., College Station, TX; Also, the following members have Cambium Networks, Inc., Rolling Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notifications were changed their names: Monolith Software Meadows, IL; Terry Consultants, Inc., to Federos, Frisco, TX; Labcities to filed for the purpose of extending the Annandale, VA; and Verus Research, Antarctic Palmtrees Limited, Watford, Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of Albuquerque, NM, have been added as UNITED KINGDOM; iisy AG to solvatio antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages parties to this venture. AG, Rimpar, GERMANY; and under specified circumstances. Welkin Sciences, LLC, Colorado ForecastCons Ltd. to FORNAX d.o.o., Specifically, Agile Network Systems Podgorica, MONTENEGRO. Springs, CO; Altagrove LLC, Herndon, Limited, Fareham, UNITED KINGDOM; In addition, the following parties have VA; The Research Armadillo, Flower Alexander Consulting Group—ACG withdrawn as parties to this venture: Mound, TX; Glover 38th St. Holdings Digital, London, UNITED KINGDOM; AdvOSS, Richmond, CANADA; Alaska LLC, Smithfield, VA; SpectrumFi, Antarctic Palmtrees Limited, Watford, Communications Systems Holdings, Sunnyvale, CA; Under the Grid, LLC, UNITED KINGDOM; ARGELA Yazilim Inc., Anchorage, AK; Bell Integrator, Pacific Grove, CA; System & Technology ve Bilisim Teknolojileri Sanayi ve Moscow, RUSSIA; Blueline, Research, Woburn, MA; Rensselaer Ticaret A.S., Istanbul, TURKEY; Atilze Antananarivo, MADAGASCAR; Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Sage Digital, Petaling Jaya, MALAYSIA; BLUGEM COMMUNICATIONS Management Enterprise, LLC, Columbia, Bahrain Telecommunications Company LIMITED, Barnstaple, UNITED MD; nLight Solutions LLC, Charlotte, (Batelco), Manama, BAHRAIN; Black KINGDOM; Chorus New Zealand NC; DRS Signal Solutions, Inc., Tangent Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Limited, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND; Germantown, MD; and DRS SINGAPORE; CanGo Networks Private City of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA; Sustainment Systems, Inc., St. Louis, Ltd., Chennai, INDIA; Circa Information DigitalRoute, Stockholm, SWEDEN; Corporation, Fergus, CANADA; City of Elite Business, Tunis, TUNISIA; MO, have withdrawn as parties to this Belfast, Belfast, UNITED KINGDOM; EnterpriseWeb, Glen Falls, NY; Etihad venture. Civimetrix Telecom, Magog, CANADA; Atheeb Telecom Company, Riyadh, No other changes have been made in Cloudstreet, Espoo, FINLAND; Cmind SAUDI ARABIA; Fiberhome either the membership or planned Inc, Gatineau, CANADA; Comporium Telecommunication Technologies Co. activity of the group research project. Communications, Rock Hill, SC; Dave Ltd., Wuhan, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF Membership in this group research Calder, Pleasant Hill, CA; Digalance, CHINA; Fulcrum Technologies Inc., project remains open, and NSC intends Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; Seattle, WA; HHB SOLUTIONS to file additional written notifications GEMALTO SA, Paris, FRANCE; LIMITED, Kowloon, HONG KONG- disclosing all changes in membership. GeoSpock Ltd., Cambridge, UNITED CHINA; Higher Logic, LLC, Arlington, On September 24, 2014, NSC filed its KINGDOM; HCL Hong Kong SAR VA; Hitachi Data Systems, Santa Clara, original notification pursuant to Section Limited, Wan Chai HONG KONG- CA; Infonova, Unterpremstatten, CHINA; Hochschule Fresenius für AUSTRIA; Intellity Consulting, SpA, 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Management, Wirtschaft und Medien Lima, PERU; IPvideosys, Sunnyvale, Justice published a notice in the Federal GmbH, Hamburg, GERMANY; CA; Isle of Man—MICTA, Ballasalla, Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Hutchison 3G UK, Maidenhead, ISLE OF MAN; JBS, Chernihiv, Act on November 4, 2014 (79 FR 65424). UNITED KINGDOM; IPgallery, UKRAINE; Kiltartan Consulting, The last notification was filed with Ra’anana, ISRAEL; KNOWHAWK sprl, Rondebosch, SOUTH AFRICA; MDS the Department on October 13, 2017. A Pont-à-Celles, BELGIUM; Kurrant, Global, Warrington, UNITED notice was published in the Federal Singapore, SINGAPORE; LocalSearch KINGDOM; Mediaan/abs bv, Heerlen, Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Web Pty Ltd, Robina, AUSTRALIA; NETHERLANDS; MITRE, Bedford, MA; Act on November 13, 2017 (82 FR MayerConsult Inc., Ottawa, CANADA; MSTelcom, Luanda, ANGOLA; Nara 52331). MTN Group Limited, Johannesburg, Institute of Science and Technology, SOUTH AFRICA; Neustar, Sterling, VA; Ikoma, JAPAN; Now New Zealand Patricia A. Brink, NF CSB d.o.o., Ljubljana, SLOVENIA; sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Limited, Napier, NEW ZEALAND; Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Openet, Dublin, IRELAND; Orange Ontology Systems, London, UNITED Division. Luxembourg, Bertrange, KINGDOM; OpenCell, Paris, FRANCE; [FR Doc. 2018–04443 Filed 3–5–18; 8:45 am] LUXEMBOURG; Plintron Global OPT Nouvelle Calédonie, Nouméa, BILLING CODE 4410–11–P Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd., Chennai, NEW CALEDONIA; PERÚ Connect SAC, INDIA; POSITIVE MOMENTUM Miraflores, PERU; Pervazive, Bengaluru, LIMITED, London, ENGLAND; Progresif INDIA; Powerlink, Virginia, Cellular Sdn Bhd, Bandar Seri Begawan, AUSTRALIA; PRESECURE Consulting VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:39 Mar 05, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\06MRN1.SGM 06MRN1

9546 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 44 / Tuesday, March 6, 2018 / Notices GmbH, Munster, GERMANY; ProCom SUMMARY: The Department of Labor for the existence of internal controls and Consulting, Alpharetta, GA; Redknee (DOL), Employment and Training the extraction of small samples of those Inc., Mississauga, CANADA; Administration is soliciting comments systems’ transactions, which are then ServiceMesh, Inc., Los Angeles, CA; regarding a proposed extension for the examined to verify the effectiveness of SFR, Paris, FRANCE; Sistema Turkey, authority to conduct the information controls. Section 303(a)(1) of the Social Istanbul, TURKEY; State Information collection request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Tax Security Act authorizes this information Technology Agency (SITA), Pretoria Performance System.’’ This comment collection. East, SOUTH AFRICA; Sutherland Labs, request is part of continuing This information collection is subject London, UNITED KINGDOM; Suvitech Departmental efforts to reduce to the PRA. A Federal agency generally Co. Ltd., Bangkok, THAILAND; T2 paperwork and respondent burden in cannot conduct or sponsor a collection Yazilim Ltd. Sti., Ankara, TURKEY; accordance with the Paperwork of information, and the public is TECNOCOM, Madrid, SPAIN; Telekom Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). generally not required to respond to an Brunei Berhad (TelBru), Berakas, DATES: Consideration will be given to all information collection, unless it is BRUNEI; Telesens IT, Kharkiv, written comments received by May 7, approved by the OMB under the PRA UKRAINE; TIERONE, Inc., Reston, VA; 2018. and displays a currently valid OMB Trust5, Dublin, IRELAND; TWINT AG, Control Number. In addition, Bern, SWITZERLAND; Uecomm Ltd., ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with notwithstanding any other provisions of Richmond, AUSTRALIA; University applicable supporting documentation; law, no person shall generally be subject Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, including a description of the likely to penalty for failing to comply with a ROMANIA; Vitis Consultoria, Brası́lia, respondents, proposed frequency of collection of information that does not BRAZIL; Vodafone Hutchison Australia, response, and estimated total burden display a valid Control Number. See 5 North Sydney, AUSTRALIA; Waterfront may be obtained at no cost by contacting CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. Toronto, Toronto, CANADA; Airtel Patrick Holmes by telephone at (202) Interested parties are encouraged to Africa, Nairobi, KENYA; Bristol is 693–3203, TTY1–877–889–5627, (these provide comments to the contact shown Open, Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM; are not toll-free numbers) or by email at in the ADDRESSES section. Comments Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, Holmes.Patrick.G@dol.gov. must be written to receive Submit written comments about, or CA; Symsoft AB, Stockholm, SWEDEN; consideration, and they will be requests for a copy of, this ICR by mail and True Corporation Public Company summarized and included in the request or courier to the U.S. Department of Limited, Bangkok, THAILAND. for OMB approval of the final ICR. In No other changes have been made in Labor, Employment and Training order to help ensure appropriate either the membership or planned Administration, Office of consideration, comments should activity of the group research project. Unemployment Insurance, 200 mention OMB control number 1205– Membership in this group research Constitution Avenue NW, Room S– 0332. project remains open, and The Forum 4519, Washington, DC 20210; by email: Submitted comments will also be a intends to file additional written Holmes.Patrick.G@dol.gov; or by Fax matter of public record for this ICR and notifications disclosing all changes in (202) 693–3975. posted on the internet, without membership. Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). redaction. The DOL encourages On October 21, 1988, The Forum filed SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOL, commenters not to include personally its original notification pursuant to as part of continuing efforts to reduce identifiable information, confidential Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department paperwork and respondent burden, business data, or other sensitive of Justice published a notice in the conducts a pre-clearance consultation statements/information in any Federal Register pursuant to Section program to provide the general public comments. 6(b) of the Act on December 8, 1988 (53 and Federal agencies an opportunity to The DOL is particularly interested in FR 49615). comment on proposed and/or comments that: The last notification was filed with • Evaluate whether the proposed continuing collections of information the Department on July 21, 2017. A collection of information is necessary before submitting them to the OMB for notice was published in the Federal for the proper performance of the final approval. This program helps to Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the functions of the agency, including ensure requested data can be provided Act on August 28, 2017 (82 FR 40806). whether the information will have in the desired format, reporting burden Patricia A. Brink, (time and financial resources) is practical utility; Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust minimized, collection instruments are • Evaluate the accuracy of the Division. clearly understood, and the impact of agency’s estimate of the burden of the [FR Doc. 2018–04442 Filed 3–5–18; 8:45 am] collection requirements can be properly proposed collection of information, BILLING CODE 4410–11–P assessed. including the validity of the Since 1987, states have been required methodology and assumptions used; by regulation at 20 CFR part 602 to • Enhance the quality, utility, and DEPARTMENT OF LABOR operate a program to assess their clarity of the information to be Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax and collected; and Employment and Training benefit programs. TPS is designed to • Minimize the burden of the Administration assess the major internal UI tax collection of information on those who functions by utilizing several are to respond, including through the sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Agency Information Collection methodologies to examine the accuracy use of appropriate automated, Activities; Comment Request; Tax of the ETA 581, Contribution Operations electronic, mechanical, or other Performance System (TPS) Report, OMB approval number 1205– technological collection techniques or AGENCY: Employment and Training 0178, expiring June 30, 2018, and its other forms of information technology, Administration, Department of Labor. associated Computed Measures. A two- e.g., permitting electronic submission of fold examination contains ‘‘Systems responses. ACTION: Notice. Reviews’’ which examine tax systems Agency: DOL–ETA. 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