DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,671

AMERICAN BACKGROUND
A SUBSIDIARY OF STERLING INFOSYSTEMS, INC.
WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a
petition filed on May 31, 2012 on behalf of workers of
American Background, a subsidiary of Sterling Infosystems,
Inc., Winchester, Virginia (American Background). The worker
group is engaged in activities related to the supply of
background screening services. The subject firm does not
utilize on-site leased workers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the supply of customer
background screening services like or directly competitive
with the services supplied by the workers, which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at American
Background.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of American
Background, a subsidiary of Sterling Infosystems, Inc.,
Winchester, Virginia, who are engaged in activities related to
the supply of background screening 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 American Background, a subsidiary of
Sterling Infosystems, Inc., Winchester, Virginia, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after May 22, 2011, 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 12th day of June, 2012


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