DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,129

VERTAFORE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS

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 May 21, 2010 on behalf of workers of Vertafore,
College Station, Texas (Vertafore). The workers were engaged
in activities related to the supply of information technology
support services. The worker group also consists of on-site
leased workers from Kelly Services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Vertafore who
were engaged in activities related to the supply of
information technology support services meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at the firm have been separated or
threatened with separations during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country the supply of services
like or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers at the subject firm.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
information technology support services by Vertafore from India
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Vertafore.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vertafore, College
Station, Texas, including on-site leased workers from Kelly
Services, who were engaged in activities related to the supply
of information technology 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 Vertafore, College Station, Texas,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 19, 2009, 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 19th day of November, 2010


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