DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-61,266

MORTGAGE GUARANTY INSURANCE CORPORATION
CONCORD, CALIFORNIA

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 9, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by workers of Mortgage Guaranty
Insurance Corporation, Concord, California. Workers at the
subject firm were engaged in data entry and validation services.
The data entry and validation workers contend that they
support production of Notice of Loan Agreement (NOLA) documents.
However, the Department of Labor investigation revealed that
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation workers were engaged in
data entry and validating information provided by the firm's
customers, banks and lenders, in relation to home mortgages.
These services have been shifted to another domestic location of
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation.
The investigation revealed that Mortgage Guaranty
Insurance Corporation 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 data entry and validation workers
described above do not support a firm or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article domestically and thus the worker group
cannot 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 the Mortgage
Guaranty Insurance Corporation, Concord, California, 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 19th day of April 2007

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance