DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-55,381

MED DATA, INC.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

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 August 4, 2004, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Med Data, Inc., Seattle, Washington. The workers
engaged in customer service and support positions involving
answering customer calls, pulling chart information, faxing and
mailing.
The investigation revealed that Med Data, Inc., Seattle,
Washington neither produces an article nor performs activities
related to production of an article at an affiliated facility
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 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.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Med
Data, Inc., Seattle, Washington are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 18th day of August 2004.

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