DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-59,302

INFORMATION SYSTEMS SERVICES, INC.
WORKING ON-SITE AT FORD MOTOR COMPANY
DEARBORN, MICHIGAN

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 May 1, 2006, in response to
a petition filed by a state agency representative on behalf of
workers of Information Systems Services, Inc., working on-site at
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan. The workers perform
computer and hardware repair services and testing operations on-
site at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan. These
operations include repairing and performing routine maintenance
reviews for emissions testing machines used on Ford vehicles.
The investigation revealed that Information Systems Services,
Inc., working on-site at Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan
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 machine
maintenance and repair workers 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.
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 Information Systems
Services, Inc., working on-site at Ford Motor Company, Dearborn,
Michigan 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.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 22nd day of May 2006


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