DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,898

KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS
KP-IT DIVISION
SILVER SPRING, 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 August 3, 2009 on behalf of workers of Kaiser
Foundation Hospitals, KP-IT Division, Silver Spring, Maryland
(Kaiser). The workers provide information technology services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Kaiser who are
engaged in employment related to information technology
services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers at the subject firm have been separated from
employment during 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 provided by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
information technology services from India by Kaiser
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Silver Spring, Maryland facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kaiser Foundation
Hospitals, KP-IT Division, Silver Spring, Maryland, who are
engaged in employment related to providing information
technology 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 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Division of
KP-IT, Silver Spring, Maryland, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 31,
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 28th day of September, 2009


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