DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,721

HEWLETT PACKARD
PERSONAL SYSTEMS GROUP-DTO WORKSTATIONS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED
WORKERS FROM VMC, SOGETI, AND OTSI
FORT COLLINS, COLORADO

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. (Set forth in 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 July 17, 2009 by a One-Stop Operator on behalf of
workers of Hewlett Packard, Personal Systems Group-DTO
Workstations, Fort Collins, Colorado (HP Fort Collins). The
workers are engaged in activities related to marketing and
engineering services for the development of workstation
products. The workers are not separately identifiable by
products produced. The worker group also includes on-site leased
workers from VMC, Sogeti and OTSI.
The investigation revealed that workers of HP Fort Collins
who are engaged in activities related to the marketing and
engineering services for the development of workstation products
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in marketing and engineering services for the development
of a workstation products by HP Fort Collins to Taiwan.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in marketing
and engineering services for the development of workstation
products by HP Fort Collins to Taiwan contributed importantly
to worker group separations at HP Fort Collins.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hewlett Packard,
Personal Systems Group-DTO Workstations, including on-site
leased workers from VMC, Sogeti, and OTSI, Fort Collins,
Colorado, who are engaged in employment related to marketing and
engineering services for the development of a workstation
products, 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 Hewlett Packard, Personal Systems Group-
DTO Workstations, including on-site leased workers from
VMC, Sogeti, and OTSI, Fort Collins, Colorado, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 16, 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 27th day of October, 2009

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance