DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-85,203

CITIGROUP TECHNOLOGY, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF CITICORP BANKING SERVICES
ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY -
CITI TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE - CORE INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
TAMPA, FLORIDA

Notice of Revised Determination
After Statutory Reconsideration

As required by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization
Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015), which was enacted as Title IV of the Trade
Preferences Extension Act of 2015, Public Law No. 114-27, section
405(a)(1)(A), the investigation into this petition was reopened for a
reconsideration investigation to apply the requirements for worker group
eligibility under chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended by the TAARA 2015, to the facts of this petition (statutory
reconsideration).

The initial investigation, initiated April 3, 2014, resulted in
a negative determination, issued on June 27, 2014, that was based on the
firm not producing an article. The determination was applicable to workers
and former workers of Citigroup Technology, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of Citicorp Banking Services, Enterprise Operations and Technology - Citi
Technology Infrastructure - Core Infrastructure Services, Tampa, Florida
(Citigroup Technology, Inc.).

The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
financial services; specifically, the workers provide internal technology
support to the parent company and its affiliates.

Based on information reviewed during the reconsideration investigation,
the Department of Labor determines that the firm acquired services from a
foreign country like or directly competitive to those performed by the workers
of the firm. The acquisition of services from a foreign country by the firm
contributed importantly to the worker separations of the subject firm.

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
acquired from a foreign country services like or directly competitive with
services supplied by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Citigroup Technology, Inc.

Conclusion

After careful review, I determine that workers of Citigroup
Technology, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Citicorp Banking Services,
Enterprise Operations and Technology - Citi Technology Infrastructure -
Core Infrastructure Services, Tampa, Florida, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of financial services; specifically, internal
technology support for the parent company and its affiliates, 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 Citigroup Technology, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Citicorp Banking Services, Enterprise Operations and Technology
- Citi Technology Infrastructure - Core Infrastructure Services, Tampa,
Florida who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 2, 2013, 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 25th day of September, 2015


/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance





DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-85,203

CITIGROUP TECHNOLOGY, INC. ("CTI")
A SUBSIDIARY OF CITIGROUP INC.
ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY
CITI TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE
CORE INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES DIVISION
TAMPA, FLORIDA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade 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.
Workers of a firm may be eligible for worker adjustment
assistance if they satisfy the criteria of subsection (a) and (b)
of Section 222 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a) and (b). For the
Department of Labor to issue a certification for workers under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), the following three
criteria must be met:
(1) 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 such workers' firm, or
an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated
(2) The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied in one of two
ways:
(A) Increased Imports Path:
(i) sales or production, or both, at the workers' firm must
have decreased absolutely, AND
(ii) imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
increased; and
(iii) the increase described in clause (ii) contributed
importantly to such workers' separation or threat of
separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm or subdivision.

(B) Shift in Production Path:
(i) there has been a shift in production by such workers'
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like
or directly competitive with articles which are produced
by such firm or subdivision; and
(ii)(I) the country to which the workers' firm has
shifted production of the articles is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States;
(II)the country to which the workers' firm has
shifted production of the articles is a beneficiary
country under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African
Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act; or
(III)there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced by
such firm or subdivision.

For the Department to issue a secondary worker certification
under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), to workers of
a Supplier or a Downstream Producer, the following criteria must be
met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer to
a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production
is related to the article that was the basis for such
certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts
it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or
sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the
workers' separation or threat of separation.


Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
terms "Supplier" and "Downstream Producer."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 4, 2014 on behalf of workers of Citigroup
Technology, Inc. ("Cti"), a subsidiary of Citigroup Inc.,
Enterprise Operations and Technology, Citi Technology
Infrastructure, Core Infrastructure Services Division, Tampa,
Florida. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
supply of information technology services.
Workers of Citigroup Technology, Inc., a subsidiary of
Citigroup Inc., Enterprise Operations and Technology, Citi
Procurement Services, Tampa, Florida, are currently certified
eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under, TA-W-
83,132A. Workers are separately identifiable from workers covered
by this petition.
The petitioner alleged that worker separations were caused
by a shift of services to a foreign country. During the course of
the investigation, information was collected from the workers'
firm.
The investigation revealed that Citigroup Technology, Inc.
("Cti"), a subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., Enterprise Operations and
Technology, Citi Technology Infrastructure, Core Infrastructure
Services Division, Tampa, Florida, does not produce an article
within the meaning of Section 222(a) or Section 222(b) of the Act.
In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker
group seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is
being sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article. The definition of a firm includes an
individual proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, association,
corporation (including a development corporation), business trust,
cooperative, trustee in bankruptcy, and receiver under decree of
any court.
During the investigation, the Department of Labor obtained
information that revealed that the workers' firm did not produce an
article; rather, the workers' firm supplied services related to
information technology services.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA), the worker group must be certified eligible to apply for
trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the workers are denied
eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be certified
eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Citigroup
Technology, Inc. ("Cti"), a subsidiary of Citigroup Inc.,
Enterprise Operations and Technology, Citi Technology
Infrastructure, Core Infrastructure Services Division, Tampa,
Florida, engaged in activities related to the supply of
information technology services are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 27th day of June, 2014.


/s/Michael W. Jafe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance