DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-59,205

ALLIANCE DATA
A SUBSIDIARY OF ADS ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS, INC.
RENO, OHIO

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 13, 2006, in response
to a petition filed by on behalf of workers of Alliance Data, a
subsidiary of ADA Alliance Data Systems, Inc., Reno, Ohio. Workers
of the subject firm were engaged in customer service for retail
credit card clients.
The investigation revealed that Alliance Data, a subsidiary of
ADA Alliance Data Systems, Inc., Reno, Ohio, 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 Alliance Data, a
subsidiary of ADA Alliance Data Systems, Inc., Reno, Ohio 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, I determine that all workers of Alliance
Data, a subsidiary of ADA Alliance Data Systems, Inc., Reno, Ohio
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 12th day of May 2006


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance