DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,009

EXPERIAN
MARKETING SERVICES DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM TAPFIN
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

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 the State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Experian, Marketing Services Division, Lincoln,
Nebraska (Experian). The workers provide data marketing and
analytical services. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Tapfin.
The investigation revealed that workers of Experian who are
engaged in employment related to providing data marketing and
analytical services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated from employment during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service like or
directly competitive with the service supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of data
marketing and analytical services to Costa Rica by Experian
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Lincoln, Nebraska location.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Experian, Marketing
Services Division, Lincoln, Nebraska, including on-site leased
workers from Tapfin, who are engaged in employment related to
providing data marketing and analytical 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 Experian, Marketing Services Division,
including on-site leased workers from Tapfin, Lincoln,
Nebraska, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 3, 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 25th day of September, 2009


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance