DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,340

COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION
MANAGED SERVICES SECTOR
ZURICH FINANCIAL GROUP - FARMERS ACCOUNT
INCLUDING COVANSYS EMPLOYEES WORKING ON THE FARMERS ACCOUNT
CALEDONIA, MICHIGAN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; or
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 20, 2009 on behalf of workers of Computer Sciences
Corporation, Managed Services Sector, Zurich Financial Group -
Farmers Account, including Covansys employees working on the
Farmers Account, Caledonia, Michigan. The workers provided
computer application development, analysis, and written
specifications for computer programs services.
The investigation revealed that workers in the above worker
group who are engaged in employment related to computer
application development, analysis, and written specifications
for computer programs services meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers were separated from employment during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
has shifted computer application development, analysis, and
written specifications for computer programs services to
India.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of computer
application development, analysis, and written specifications
for computer programs to India by Computer Science Corporation
contributed importantly to worker group separations within the
Farmers Account group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the obtained in the investigation,
I determine that workers of Computer Sciences Corporation,
Managed Services Sector, Zurich Financial Group - Farmers
Account, including Covansys employees working on the Farmers
Account Caledonia, Michigan, who are engaged in employment
related to computer application development, analysis, and
written specifications for computer programs services meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:


"All workers of Computer Sciences Corporation, Managed
Services Sector, Zurich Financial Group - Farmers Account,
including Covansys employees working on the Farmers
Account, Caledonia, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 18,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on date of certification through
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 28th day of July, 2009


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