[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 111 (Friday, June 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 33486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9011]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-58,762]


Agilent Technologies, Inc.; Global Financial Services Division; 
Colorado Springs, CO; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    By application dated March 21, 2006, a petitioner requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's negative 
determination regarding eligibility for workers and former workers of 
the subject firm to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA). The negative 
determination applicable to workers of Agilent Technologies, Inc., 
Global Financial Services Division, Colorado Springs, Colorado was 
signed on February 16, 2006. The Department's Notice of determination 
was published in the Federal Register on March 10, 2006 (71 FR 12397). 
The subject workers provide accounting and financial services.
    The Department's determination was issued on the findings that the 
workers do not produce an article and do not directly support 
production which took place at the subject facility.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner asserts that the 
subject workers support production in three divisions of Agilent 
Technologies, Inc. (subject firm): Test and Measurement, Life Sciences, 
and Semi-Conductor Test Solutions. Supplemental information reveals 
that a significant portion of subject firm operations is related to the 
Test and Measurement Group.
    On September 30, 2005, the subject facility was certified for TAA 
and ATAA (Agilent Technologies, Inc., Electronic Measurement Group, 
Colorado Springs, Colorado (TA-W-57,742G).
    In previously-submitted material, a subject firm official stated 
that the subject workers did not support the production of a specific 
article, but provided administrative support for the entire subject 
firm, including affiliated facilities producing electronic test 
equipment. The material also indicated that a significant portion of 
the subject worker group was separated or threatened with separation 
during the relevant period.
    Because the Department does not discern any significant differences 
between the workers covered in TA-W-57,742G and the subject worker 
group, the Department determines that, during the relevant period, the 
subject workers are engaged in activity supporting production, that the 
facilities they support shifted production abroad, and that there are 
likely import increases of articles like or directly competitive with 
those produced by the subject firm (electronic testing equipment).
    In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 
the Department herein presents the results of its investigation 
regarding certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA for older 
workers. In order for the Department to issue a certification of 
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements of 
Section 246 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be met.
    The Department has determined in this case that the requirements of 
Section 246 have been met.
    A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over and 
possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive conditions 
within the industry are adverse.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the information obtained in the 
reconsideration investigation, I determine that a shift of production 
abroad followed by increased imports of electronic measurement 
equipment like or directly competitive with those produced by the firm 
contributed importantly to separations at the subject facility. In 
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
certification:

    ``All workers of Agilent Technologies, Inc., Global Financial 
Services Division, Colorado Springs, Colorado, who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after January 31, 2005, 
through two years from the date of this certification, are eligible 
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade 
Act of 1974, and are eligible to apply for alternative trade 
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.''

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 31st day of May 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-9011 Filed 6-8-06; 8:45 am]
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