[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 174-175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-33053]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-74,575; TA-W-74,575D]


International Business Machines (IBM), Global Sales Operations 
Organization, Sales and Distribution Business Manager Roles; One 
Teleworker Located in Charleston, WV; International Business Machines 
(IBM), Global Sales Operations Organization, Sales and Distribution 
Business Unit, Relations Analyst and Band 8 Program Manager Roles; One 
Teleworker Located in Louisville, KY; Amended Certification Regarding 
Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended 
(``Act''), 19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor issued a 
Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance 
on November 12, 2010, applicable to workers of International Business 
Machines (IBM), Global Sales Operations Organization, Sales and 
Distribution Business Unit, Relations Analyst and Band 8 Program 
Manager Roles, one teleworker location in Charleston, West Virginia. 
The notice was published in the Federal Register on November 23, 2010 
(75 FR 71460). The workers provide Relations Analyst and Band 8 Program 
Manager services.
    At the request of the petitioner, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm.
    New findings show that worker separations occurred during the 
relevant time period affecting one teleworker in Louisville, Kentucky 
of International Business Machines (IBM), Global Sales Operations 
Organization, Sales and Distribution Business Unit, Relations Analyst 
and Band 8 Program Unit. The teleworker in Louisville, Kentucky 
provided Relations Analyst and Band 8 Program Manager services.
    Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to 
include one teleworker in Louisville, Kentucky of International 
Business Machines (IBM), Global Sales Operations Organization, Sales 
and Distribution Business Unit, Relations Analyst and Band 8 Program 
Unit.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by a shift of 
services like or directly competitive with the Relations Analyst and 
Band 8 Program Manager services supplied by the workers to a foreign 
country.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-74,575 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of International Business Machines (IBM) Global 
Sales Operations Organization, Sales and Distribution Business Unit, 
Relations Analyst and Brand 8 Program Manager Roles, one teleworker 
located in Charleston, West Virginia (TA-W-74,575); International 
Business Machines (IBM), Global Sales Operations Organization, Sales 
and Distribution Business Unit, Relations Analyst and Brand 8 
Program Manager Roles, one teleworker located in Dallas, Texas (TA-
W-74,575A); International Business Machines (IBM), Global Sales 
Operations Organization, Sales and Distribution Business Unit, 
Relations Analyst and Brand 8 Program Manager Roles, two teleworkers 
located in Atlanta, Georgia (TA-W-74,575B); International Business 
Machines (IBM), Global Sales Operations Organization, Sales and 
Distribution Business Unit, Relations Analyst and Brand 8 Program 
Manager Roles, one teleworker

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located in Phoenix, Arizona (TA-W-74,575C); and International 
Business Machines (IBM), Global Sales Operations Organization, Sales 
and Distribution Business Unit, Relations Analyst and Brand 8 
Program Manager Roles, one teleworker located in Louisville, 
Kentucky (TA-W-74,575D), who became totally or partially separated 
from employment on or after August 25, 2009, through November 12, 
2012, and all workers in the group threatened with total or partial 
separation from employment on the date of certification through two 
years from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for 
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, as amended.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 17th day of December 2010.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2010-33053 Filed 12-30-10; 8:45 am]
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