DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,179

CITICORP CREDIT SERVICES, INC.
OPERATIONS - DELIVERY STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND

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 12, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Citicorp Credit Services, Inc, Operations - Delivery Strategy
and Development Department, Hagerstown, Maryland. The workers
provide testing services for the subject firm's service
engineering system.
The investigation revealed that workers of Citicorp who are
engaged in employment related to the provision of testing
services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated over the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with the services supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
testing services from India by Citicorp contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Citicorp.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Citicorp Credit
Services, Inc, Operations - Delivery Strategy and Development
Department, Hagerstown, Maryland who are engaged in employment
related to service engineering system testing 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 Citicorp Credit Services, Inc, Operations
- Delivery Strategy and Development Department,
Hagerstown, Maryland, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 8, 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 5th day of March, 2010

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