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lessening of competition in the market
for national syndicated cross-platform
audience measurement services. Some
may conclude that there can be no harm
in the Commission entering into a
consent agreement and issuing a
Complaint and Order imposing a
remedy with sophisticated and willing
parties. That of course need not be true.
Nor does that view logically follow from
the Commission’s mission to prevent
anticompetitive conduct and to promote
consumer welfare.
Whether parties to a transaction are
willing to enter into a consent
agreement will often have little to do
with whether the agreed upon remedy
actually promotes consumer welfare.
The Commission’s ability to obtain
concessions instead reflects the
weighing by the parties of the private
costs and private benefits of delaying
the transaction and potentially litigating
the merger against the private costs and
private benefits of acquiescing to the
proposed terms.20 Indeed, one can
imagine that where, as here, the alleged
relevant product market is small relative
to the overall deal size, the parties
would be happy to agree to concessions
that cost very little and finally permit
the deal to close. Put simply, where
there is no reason to believe a
transaction violates the antitrust laws, a
sincerely held view that a consent
decree will improve upon the postmerger competitive outcome or have
other beneficial effects does not justify
imposing those conditions. Instead,
entering into such agreements subtly,
and in my view harmfully, shifts the
Commission’s mission from that of
antitrust enforcer to a much broader
mandate of ‘‘fixing’’ a variety of
perceived economic welfare-reducing
arrangements.
Consents can and do play an
important and productive role in the
Commission’s competition enforcement
mission. Consents can efficiently
address competitive concerns arising
from a merger by allowing the
Commission to reach a resolution more
quickly and at less expense than would
be possible through litigation. However,
consents potentially also can have a
detrimental impact upon consumers.
The Commission’s consents serve as
important guidance and inform
practitioners and the business
community about how the agency is
likely to view and remedy certain
mergers.21 Where the Commission has
20 See Douglas H. Ginsburg & Joshua D. Wright,
Antitrust Settlements: The Culture of Consent, in 1
William E. Kovacic: An Antitrust Tribute—Liber
Amicorum 177, 179–80 (2012).
21 See, e.g., Deborah L. Feinstein, Bureau of
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endorsed by way of consent a
willingness to challenge transactions
where it might not be able to meet its
burden of proving harm to competition,
and which therefore at best are
competitively innocuous, the
Commission’s actions may alter private
parties’ behavior in a manner that does
not enhance consumer welfare.22
Because there is no judicial approval of
Commission settlements, it is especially
important that the Commission take care
to ensure its consents are in the public
interest.23
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GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
[Notice-MG–2013–02; Docket No: 2013–
0002; Sequence 26]

[email protected]. Please cite NoticeMK–2013–02.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice announces guidance on
estimating and voluntarily reporting
leased asset energy use and greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions data. The guidance
contains a practical set of guidelines
and best practices for agencies
developing their own policies and
processes for leasing, energy data
collection and estimation, and GHG
reporting and may be found at
www.gsa.gov/hpgb. It is not federal
policy for energy reporting or GHG
accounting.
Dated: September 23, 2013.
Kevin Kampschroer,
Federal Director, Office of Federal High
Performance Green Buildings, Office of
Government-wide Policy.
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Leased Asset Energy and GHG
Reporting Interpretive Guidance
Office of Government-Wide
Policy, U.S. General Services
Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice announces
guidance on estimating and voluntarily
reporting leased asset energy use and
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data.
The guidance contains a practical set of
guidelines and best practices for
agencies developing their own policies
and processes for leasing, energy data
collection and estimation, and GHG
reporting and may be found at
www.gsa.gov/hpgb. It is not federal
policy for energy reporting or GHG
accounting.

SUMMARY:

DATES:

September 27, 2013.

Ms.
Kinga Porst, Office of Federal High
Performance Green Buildings (MG),
Office of Government-Wide Policy,
GSA, at 202–501–0762 or via email at

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Significance of Consent Orders in the Federal Trade
Commission’s Competition Enforcement Efforts,
Remarks at GCR Live, 4–5 (Sept. 17, 2013),
available at http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/dfeinstein/
130917gcrspeech.pdf.
22 See Ginsburg & Wright, supra note 14, at 179.
23 15 U.S.C. 45(b) (2006); see also J. Thomas
Rosch, Comm’r, Fed. Trade Comm’n, Consent
Decrees: Is the Public Getting Its Money’s Worth
(Apr. 7, 2011), Remarks at the XVIIIth St. Gallen
International Competition Law Forum, available at
http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/rosch/
110407roschconsentdecrees.pdf (stating that ‘‘we at
the Commission are responsible for conducting our
own public interest inquiry before accepting
proposed consent decrees, and this inquiry operates
as a check on the ‘wide discretion’ that we
otherwise wield to combat methods, acts and
practices that violate the antitrust and consumer
protection laws’’).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier HHS–OS–20584–60D]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection; Public
Comment Request
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Secretary (OS), Department of Health
and Human Services, announces plans
to submit a new Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting that ICR to
OMB, Office of the Secretary, OS seeks
comments from the public regarding the
burden estimate, below, or any other
aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before November 26,
2013.
SUMMARY:

Submit your comments to
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or by calling (202) 690–6162.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information Collection Clearance staff,
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or (202) 690–6162.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
document identifier HHS–OS–20584–
60D for reference. Information
Collection Request Title: Survey on
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Long-Term Care Awareness and
Planning.
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
(ASPE) is requesting approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to conduct a survey of adults
between the ages of 40 and 70 on longterm care awareness, how people plan
for retirement and their preferences for
long-term care financing options. Longterm care includes helping people with
daily activities, such as bathing,
dressing, taking medications, and
preparing meals over a long period of
time. Long-term care can be provided in
nursing homes, assisted living facilities,
adult day care programs, and individual
homes. Most people with disabilities are
elderly, but people of all ages may need
long-term care (Kaye, Harrington, &
LaPlante, 2010).
The goal of this project is to
contribute to the knowledge base
regarding how people plan for the
possibility of needing long-term care
and for retirement in general and assess
their preferences about long-term care
insurance. Information about long-term

care and retirement planning will be
obtained from a large sample of
individuals 40–70 years of age who are
part of an ongoing Internet panel
maintained by GfK Custom Research,
LLC. Prior to the development of the
survey instrument, a thorough review of
the literature was conducted and
conceptual framework prepared. A
survey instrument was developed with
contributions of a Technical Expert
Panel (TEP), which provided guidance
on the content and methodology of the
survey instrument and comprised
experts on survey methodology and
long-term care and long-term care
insurance. Part of the survey is a
discrete choice experiment (DCE)
designed to elicit respondent
preferences on features of long-term care
insurance. The survey was cognitively
assessed and revised based on revised
based on the results of the testing. GfK
will administer the survey; RTI
International will analyze the survey.
Both GfK and RTI have experience
doing similar work for HHS/ASPE and
other government clients.

Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: To determine how adults
between the ages of 40 and 70 plan for
retirement and their preferences for
long-term care financing options.
Likely Respondents: Adults between
the ages of 40 and 70
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide the information
requested. This includes the time
needed to review instructions, to
develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information, to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information, and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below.

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS
Number of
respondents

Form name

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
hours

Self-administered, Web-based questionnaire ..................................................

15,000

1

0.75

11,250

Total ..........................................................................................................

........................

........................

........................

11,250

Office of the Secretary, OS
specifically requests comments on (1)
the necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions,
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden, (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected, and (4) the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
Darius Taylor,
Deputy Information Collection Clearance
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Solicitation for Applications From
Individuals Interested in Being
Appointed to the Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome Advisory Committee
Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of the Secretary,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Health.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 217a, section 222 of
the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as
amended.

The Committee is governed by the
provisions of Public Law 92–463, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App 2), which sets
forth standards for the formation and
use of advisory committees.
SUMMARY: The Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Health (OASH), within the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), is seeking nominations
of qualified candidates to be considered
for appointment as a member of the

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory
Committee (CFSAC). CFSAC provides
advice and recommendations to the
Secretary of HHS, through the Assistant
Secretary for Health (ASH), on a broad
range of issues and topics related to
myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic
fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The
appointments of several Committee
members are scheduled to end during
the 2014 calendar year. Nominations of
qualified candidates are being sought to
fill the positions that are scheduled to
be vacated.
Applications for individuals to
be considered for appointment to the
Committee must be received no later
than 5 p.m. EDT on October 28, 2013 at
the address listed below.

DATES:

All nominations should be
mailed or delivered to Martha Duncan
Bond, Alternate Designated Federal
Officer, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Advisory Committee, Office on
Women’s Health, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Health, Department of
Health and Human Services, 200

ADDRESSES:

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