DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,471

SPRINGBOARD TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 22, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of SpringBoard Technology Corporation, Springfield
Massachusetts (herein, SpringBoard). The workers provide
computer repair and parts planning services.
The investigation revealed that workers of SpringBoard who
are engaged in employment related to computer repair and parts
planning services meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers were separated within the last year.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of computer repair and parts planning
services by SpringBoardd have decreased absolutely within the
last year.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with
computer repair and part planning services supplied by
SpringBoard have increased. Specifically, imports of parts
planning services have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of parts planning services by IBM,
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
SpringBoard.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SpringBoard
Technology Corporation, Springfield Massachusetts, who are
engaged in employment related to parts planning 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 SpringBoard Technology Corporation,
Springfield Massachusetts, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 19, 2008, through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers
in the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on the 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 20th day of November, 2009.

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