DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-54,892

INFORMATION RESOURCES, INC. (IRI)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker 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 May 11, 2004 in response to
a petition filed on behalf of workers of Information Resources,
Inc., Chicago, Illinois. The workers provide analytic services
relating to market research and customizing computer databases for
commercial clients. In addition, they develop software to build
statistical models that are specific to customers' business needs.
The investigation revealed that Information Resources, Inc.,
Chicago, Illinois 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 workers of
IRI described above do not support a firm or appropriate
subdivision that produces an article domestically and thus the
worker group can not be considered import impacted or affected by a
shift in production of an article.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Information Resources, Inc., Chicago, Illinois are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C., this 21st day of June, 2004.



/s/ Linda G. Poole
_____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance