DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,195

EXPERIAN
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF TAPFIN
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA

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 September 2, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers
of Experian, Global Technology Services Division, Costa Mesa,
California. The worker group also includes on-site leased
workers of Tapfin. The workers provided Information Technology
(IT) support services to internal and external customers of the
subject firm.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject
firm, who are engaged in activities related to providing IT
support services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated from employment by the subject
firm, and additional worker separations have been threatened
by the subject firm.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject 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 IT
support services to Chile and Costa Rica by the subject firm
contributed importantly to worker group separations at subject
firm.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Experian, Global
Technology Services Division, including on-site leased workers
of Tapfin, Costa Mesa, California, who are engaged in activities
related to providing Information Technology (IT) support
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, Global Technology Services
Division, including on-site leased workers of Tapfin, Costa
Mesa, California, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 1, 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 2nd day of November, 2009.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance