DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-58,486

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
VOLUME DIRECT ORGANIZATION
PUBLIC SECTOR ORDER MANAGERMENT GROUP
OMAHA, NEBRASKA

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 December 8, 2005 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Hewlett-
Packard Company, Volume Direct Organization, Public Sector Order
Management Group, Omaha, Nebraska. The workers at the subject
facility were engaged in non-production activities related to order
management. These activities included processing customer orders,
providing order status to customers, providing post-sales customer
support and processing invoice discrepancies.
The investigation revealed that Hewlett-Packard Company,
Volume Direct Organization, Public Sector Order Management Group,
Omaha, Nebraska 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 subject
workers 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.
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 of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Hewlett-Packard
Company, Volume Direct Organization, Public Sector Order Management
Group, Omaha, Nebraska 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 12th day of January 2006

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