DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,442

BLACKPOINT IT SERVICES
PORTLAND, OREGON

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 January 24, 2018 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of BlackPoint IT Services, Portland, Oregon
(BlackPoint). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the supply of information technology (IT) services,
including helpdesk support, disaster recovery, managed
business continuity, cloud, infrastructure, and security
consulting. Workers are not separately identifiable by the
service supplied. The worker group does not include on-site
leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in BlackPoint 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 the supply of
services like or directly competitive with the IT services
supplied by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at BlackPoint.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of BlackPoint, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of IT 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 BlackPoint IT Services, Portland, Oregon,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after January 23, 2017 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 28th day of February 2018.

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