[Federal Register: December 16, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 241)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--the Secure Identity Services Accreditation 
Corporation

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 20, 2004, 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 Secure Identity 
Services Accreditation Corporation (``SISAC'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of 
business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature 
and scope of its standards development activities. 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 name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: The Secure 
Identity Services Accreditation Corporation, Washington, DC. The nature 
and scope of SISAC's standards development activities are: to adopt 
voluntary standards for the real estate finance industry in cooperation 
with mortgage lenders, government-sponsored enterprises (``GSEs''), and 
other organizations to set minimum standards for Public Key 
Infrastructure (``PKI''), other electronic authentication methods and 
secure identity providers.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-27540 Filed 12-15-04; 8:45 am]

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