DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,999

MOODY'S ANALYTICS, INC.
SOUTH BEND OFFICE
INCLUDING ON-SITE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA

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 June 5, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Moody's Analytics, South Bend Office, South Bend, Indiana.
The workers were engaged in employment related to the supply of
risk analysis and financial analysis services. The worker group
includes on-site independent contractors under the control of
the subject firm, as well as telecommuters associated with the
South Bend site.
The investigation revealed that workers of Moody's
Analytics, who are engaged in employment related to the supply
of risk analysis and financial analysis services, meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted abroad the supply of services like or directly
competitive with the services supplied by the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in services
by Moody's Analytics to China contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the South Bend, Indiana facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Moody's Analytics,
South Bend Office, South Bend, Indiana including on-site
independent contractors under the control of the subject firm,
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 Moody's Analytics, South Bend Office,
South Bend, Indiana including on-site independent
contractors under the control of the subject firm, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 4, 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 8th of October, 2009.


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