DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,335

SYNOPTOS INC.
RESTON, 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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports 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.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 14, 2018, by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Synoptos Inc., Reston, Virginia.
("Synoptos Inc."). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the supply of media monitoring and measurement
services. The petitioning worker group comprises of remote
workers, working out of their homes but reporting to a
Synoptos location. It was determined during the course of the
investigation that all remote workers report to Reston,
Virginia and not the Kansas City, Missouri site identified in
the petition. Therefore, the investigation was redirected to
the firm's corporate location in Reston, Virginia.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and workers' 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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales of
media monitoring and measurement services supplied by Synoptos
Inc. have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of services like or directly competitive with the
service supplied by Synoptos Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales decline at Synoptos Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Synoptos Inc.,
Reston, Virginia, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of media monitoring and measurement 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 Synoptos Inc., Reston, Virginia, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 13, 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 14th day of January 2019.

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