Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Spectrum Forward Consortium

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Justice Antitrust Division Notice is hereby given that, on May 4, 2020, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), the Spectrum Forward Consortium (“SFC”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. 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 identities of the parties to the venture are: Consortium Management Group, Inc. (“CMG”), on behalf of the Spectrum Forward Consortium, Washington, DC; Fathom 4, LLC, Charleston, SC; Logistic Services International, Inc., Jacksonville, FL; Netorian, LLC, Aberdeen, MD; StartGuides, LLC, Alexandria, VA; and Tiburon Associates, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI. The general area of SFC's planned activity is to execute and implement an Other Transaction Agreement (“OTA”) with the U.S. Government (“Government”) (a) for the funding of certain research, development, testing and evaluation of protypes leading to follow-on project production to be conducted as a collaboration between the Government and the SFC Members, to enhance the capabilities of the Government and …