[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 140 (Monday, July 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 42368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16566]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-62,955]


Pitney Bowes Tech Central Infrastructure & Support Services 
Danbury, CT; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application 
for Reconsideration

    By application postmarked June 12, 2008, the petitioners requested 
administrative reconsideration of the negative determination regarding 
workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) applicable to workers 
and former workers of the subject firm. The determination was issued on 
May 15, 2008. The Notice of Determination was published in the Federal 
Register on May 29, 2008 (73 FR 30978).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the finding that the worker group engaged in information 
technology technical support, does not produce an article within the 
meaning of section 222(a)(2) of the Act.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioners provided 
additional information regarding activities of the workers at the 
subject facility. The petitioners stated that workers of the subject 
firm directly supported production of articles at Pitney Bowes 
production facilities.
    The Department has carefully reviewed the request for 
reconsideration and determined that the Department will conduct further 
investigation to determine whether the workers of the subject firm 
supported production of articles at Pitney Bowes manufacturing 
facilities and whether these facilities meet the eligibility 
requirements of the Trade Act of 1974.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the application, I conclude that the claim 
is of sufficient weight to justify reconsideration of the U.S. 
Department of Labor's prior decision. The application is, therefore, 
granted.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of July 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-16566 Filed 7-18-08; 8:45 am]
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