DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-63,540

SENTO CORPORATION
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA

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 June 13, 2008, in response to a
petition filed on behalf of workers of Sento Corporation, Raleigh, North
Carolina. The workers performed technical support services for
computers.
The investigation revealed that Sento Corporation, Raleigh, North
Carolina, 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 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 Sento Corporation, Raleigh, North
Carolina, 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 20th day of June 2008.

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