DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-54,649

CIGNA HEALTHCARE
IT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT DIVISION
HOOKSETT FACILITY
A DIVISION OF THE CIGNA CORPORATION
HOOKSETT, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on April 2, 2004 in response
to a petition filed by a state agency representative on behalf of
workers of CIGNA Healthcare, IT Software Development and Support
Division, Hooksett facility, a division of the CIGNA Corporation,
Hooksett, New Hampshire. The workers performed information
technology support services. These services included help desk
support, application design, project quality assessment,
information protection, application product support, and field
location support for hardware.
The investigation revealed that CIGNA Healthcare, IT Software
Development and Support Division, Hooksett facility, a division of
the CIGNA Corporation, Hooksett, New Hampshire does not produce an
article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. In
order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker group
seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is being
sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision that
produces an article and there must be a relationship between the
workers' work and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision. The petitioning worker group seeking
certification does not support a firm or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article and thus the worker group can not be
considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production of
an article.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of CIGNA
Healthcare, IT Software Development and Support Division, Hooksett
facility, a division of the CIGNA Corporation, Hooksett, New
Hampshire are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 10th day of May 2004.

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance