DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,876

ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS
A SUBSIDIARY OF HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
CONSULTING SERVICES
FLINT, MICHIGAN

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 November 18, 2009 on behalf of workers of Electronic
Data Systems, a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company,
Consulting Services, Flint, Michigan. Workers at the subject
firm supply information technology consulting services.
Workers are not separately identified by service supplied.
The investigation revealed that workers of Electronic Data
Systems, a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, Consulting
Services, Flint, Michigan, who are engaged in employment
related to the supply of information technology consulting
services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Electronic Data Systems, a
subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, Consulting Services,
Flint, Michigan, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because Electronic Data Systems
is shifting the supply of information technology consulting
services to foreign countries.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of supply of
information technology consulting services to Argentina, Brazil
and India contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the Flint, Michigan facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Electronic Data
Systems, a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, Consulting
Services, Flint, Michigan, who are engaged in employment
related to the supply of information technology consulting
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 Electronic Data Systems, a subsidiary of
Hewlett-Packard Company, Consulting Services, Flint,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 12, 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 9th day of July, 2010

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
_______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance