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impact on the species or stock(s), will
not have an unmitigable adverse impact
on the availability of the species or
stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
relevant), and if the permissible
methods of taking and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of such takings are set
forth to achieve the least practicable
adverse impact.
NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible impact’’
in 50 CFR 216.103 as:
‘‘...an impact resulting from the
specified activity that cannot be
reasonably expected to, and is not
reasonably likely to, adversely affect the
species or stock through effects on
annual rates of recruitment or survival.’’
With respect to military readiness
activities, the MMPA defines
‘‘harassment’’ as:
‘‘(i) any act that injures or has the
significant potential to injure a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) any
act that disturbs or is likely to disturb
a marine mammal or marine mammal
stock in the wild by causing disruption
of natural behavioral patterns,
including, but not limited to, migration,
surfacing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or
behavioral patterns are abandoned or
significantly altered (Level B
harassment).’’
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Summary of Request
On November 6, 2009, NMFS received
an application from the U.S. Air Force
requesting an authorization for the take
of marine mammals incidental to
NEODS training operations. The
requested regulations would establish a
framework for authorizing incidental
take future Letters of Authorization
(LOA). These LOAs, if approved, would
authorize the take, by Level B
(behavioral) harassment, of Atlantic
bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops
truncatus) incidental to NEODS training
operations and testing at Eglin Gulf Test
and Training Range at property off Santa
Rosa Island, FL, in the northern Gulf of
Mexico (GOM). Based on the
application, pre-mitigation take would
average approximately 10 animals per
year; approximately 50 animals over the
five year period. NMFS issued an
Incidental Harassment Authorization
(IHA) for the same activity in 2005 (70
FR 51341; August 30, 2005), 2006 (70
2009 .............................................
2008 .............................................
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Specified Activities
The NEODS may conduct up to eight
two-day demolition training events
annually; these missions may occur at
any time of the year, although the U.S.
Air Force anticipates that 60 percent of
the specified activities will occur during
summer months while 40 percent will
occur during winter months. Each
demolition training event involves a
maximum of five detonations. Up to 20
five-pound (lb) charges (five lbs net
explosive weight [NEW] per charge) and
20 ten-lb charges (ten lbs NEW per
charge) would be detonated annually in
the GOM, approximately three nautical
miles (5.6 kilometers) offshore of Eglin
AFB. Detonations would be conducted
on the sea floor, adjacent to an inert
mine, at a depth of approximately 60
feet (18.3 meters). Additional
information on the NEODS training
operations is contained in the
application, which is available upon
request (see ADDRESSES).
Information Solicited
Interested persons may submit
information, suggestions, and comments
related to the U.S. Air Force’s request
(see ADDRESSES). All information,
suggestions, and comments related to
the U.S. Air Force’s NEODS training
operations request and NMFS’ potential
development and implementation of
regulations governing the incidental
taking of marine mammals by Eglin
AFB’s NEODS training operations will
Petitions
accepted
for filing
Petitions
received
Fiscal year
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FR 60693; October 16, 2006), 2007 (72
FR 58290; October 15, 2007), and 2008
(73 FR 56800, September 30, 2008). The
past missions have been delayed due to
safety issues concerning bringing
demolition charges under a bridge and
no missions have occurred to date under
any of the IHAs. NEODS missions
would involve underwater detonations
of small, live explosive charges adjacent
to inert mines. The NEODS training
activities are classified as military
readiness activities. The U.S. Air Force
states that noise associated with
underwater detonation of the specified
explosive charges may expose
bottlenose dolphins in the area to noise
and pressure resulting in non-injurious
temporary threshold shift (TTS)
(temporary hearing loss).
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Dated: January 11, 2010.
James H. Lecky,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms
Program Fiscal Year 2009 Annual
Report
AGENCY: Economic Development
Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce is
directed by Section 1866 of the Trade
and Globalization Adjustment
Assistance Act of 2009 (TGAAA), which
became effective May 17, 2009, to
submit to Congress a report on the Trade
Adjustment Assistance for Firms
(TAAF) program by the 15th of
December each year. The TAAF
Program is one of four Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) programs
authorized by the Trade Act of 1974
(Trade Act). The mission of the TAAF
Program is to provide technical and
financial assistance to U.S. firms
affected by import competition. The
program provides assistance in the
development of business recovery plans,
which are known as Adjustment
Proposals under Section 252 of the
Trade Act, and matching funds to
implement projects outlined in the
Adjustment Proposals. The TAAF
Program supports a national network of
11 Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers
(TAACs) to help U.S. firms apply for
assistance and prepare and implement
strategies to guide their economic
recovery.
Overall, there has been an increase in
the demand for the TAAF Program in
fiscal year 2009, as demonstrated by the
increase in the number of petitions for
certification and Adjustment Proposals
submitted to EDA for approval.
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between
submission
and
acceptance
Petitions
denied
212
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if appropriate, the most effective
regulations governing the issuance of
Letters of Authorization.
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Fiscal year
Change .........................................
1 Two
Petitions
accepted
for filing
Petitions
received
49%
Petitions
certified
30%
Avg. days
between
submission
and
acceptance
Petitions
denied
16%
NA
Avg. days
between
acceptance
and
certification
155%
NA
of the petitions accepted for filing in FY 2008 were received by EDA in FY 2007.
Because of the spike in petitions and
Adjustment Proposals, the Economic
Development Administration (EDA)
experienced challenges in meeting the
40-day processing deadline for petitions
accepted for filing immediately after the
new legislation was enacted. Beginning
in the fourth quarter of FY 2009, the
average processing time for petitions has
started to decline below the 40-day
requirement. Additional TAAF staff
resources are expected to help improve
the processing time even further for FY
2010.
TAACs effectively reached small and
medium-sized firms in FY 2009. The
average employment, net sales, and
productivity of firms certified in FY
2009 declined in comparison to the
previous fiscal year. Sixty-five percent
of all firms proposed to implement a
marketing/sales project or production/
engineering project in their Adjustment
Proposals, and 35 percent of all firms
proposed support systems or
management/financial projects.
Avg.
employment at
certification
FY
2009 .......................................................................................................................................
2008 .......................................................................................................................................
% Change ..............................................................................................................................
The following table illustrates that in
FY 2009 EDA approved an additional 33
Adjustment Proposals as compared to
FY 2008 and proposed to spend an
Avg.
productivity at
certification
(net sales per
employee)
Avg. annual
net sales at
certification
77
82
(6%)
$10,715,785
$13,081,993
(18%)
$128,729
$149,565
(14%)
additional total of $2.4 million in
government funds.
APPROVED TAAF ADJUSTMENT PROPOSALS
FY 2003
FY 2004
FY 2005
FY 2006
FY 2007
FY 2008
FY 2009
162
$8.1
$7.4
$15.5
$50,000
177
$8.5
$8.1
$16.6
$48,023
132
$5.9
$5.4
$11.3
$44,697
137
$6.7
$6.0
$12.7
$48,905
126
$7.1
$5.9
$13.0
$56,449
139
$7.9
$7.5
$15.4
$56,827
172
$10.3
$9.8
$20.2
$60,123
Number of Plans Approved .................................................
Total Government Share (millions) ......................................
Total Firm Share (millions) ..................................................
Total Projected Costs (millions) ...........................................
Avg. Government Assistance Per Firm ...............................
The TGAAA identifies 14 measures
that should be covered by this report.
EDA currently is unable to provide any
information on four measures: (1) The
number of firms that inquired about the
program, (2) the number of petitions
certified by congressional district, (3)
the number of firms leaving the program
and why, and (4) sales, employment,
and productivity at each firm upon
completion of the program and every
year for the two years thereafter. EDA is
taking steps to collect and report on all
of the missing measures for the FY 2010
Annual Report.
Trade Adjustment
Assistance for Firms Division, Room
7106, Economic Development
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Washington, DC 20230.
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ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bryan Borlik, Director of the TAAF
Program, 202–482–3901.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Introduction
Program Initiative
Program Description
Data for This Report
Results/Findings
(1) The number of firms that inquired
about the program.
(2) The number of petitions filed under
section 251.
(3) The number of petitions certified and
denied.
(4) The average time for processing
petitions.
(5) The number of petitions filed and firms
certified for each Congressional district
of the United States.
(6) The number of firms that received
assistance in preparing their petitions.
(7) Sales, employment, and productivity at
each firm participating in the program at
the time of certification.
(8) The number of firms that received
assistance developing business recovery
plans (Adjustment Proposals).
(9) The number of Adjustment Proposals
approved and denied by the Secretary of
Commerce.
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(10) The financial assistance received by
each firm.
(11) The financial contribution made by
each firm.
(12) The types of technical assistance
included in the Adjustment Proposals of
firms participating in the program.
(13) The number of firms leaving the
program before completing the project or
projects in their Adjustment Proposals
and the reason the project was not
completed.
(14) Sales, employment, and productivity
at each firm upon completion of the
program and each year for the two-year
period following completion.
Discussion and Analysis
Conclusion
Introduction
This report is provided in compliance
with Section 1866 of the Trade and
Globalization Adjustment Assistance
Act of 2009 (Sec. 1866, Pub. L. 111–5,
123 Stat. 115, at 367) (TGAAA). This
section directs the Secretary of
Commerce to provide an annual report
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IN GENERAL.—Not later than December
15, 2009, and each year thereafter, the
Secretary of Commerce shall prepare a report
containing data regarding the trade
adjustment assistance for firms program
provided for in chapter 3 of title II of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341 et seq.) for
the preceding fiscal year.
This report will provide findings and
results to the extent that the data is
available on the following 14 measures:
1. The number of firms that inquired
about the program.
2. The number of petitions filed under
section 251.
3. The number of petitions certified
and denied.
4. The average time for processing
petitions.
5. The number of petitions filed and
firms certified for each congressional
district of the United States.
The TAAF Program is relatively
small. Between FY 2000 and FY 2009,
its appropriations have ranged from
$10.5 million to $15.8 million.
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Program Initiative
The mission of the program is to
provide technical and financial
assistance to U.S. firms affected by
import competition. The program
provides assistance in the development
of business recovery plans, which are
known as Adjustment Proposals under
Section 252 of the Trade Act, and
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6. The number of firms that received
assistance in preparing their petitions.
7. The number of firms that received
assistance developing business recovery
plans (Adjustment Proposals).
8. The number of Adjustment
Proposals approved and denied by the
Secretary of Commerce.
9. Sales, employment, and
productivity at each firm participating
in the program at the time of
certification.
10. Sales, employment, and
productivity at each firm upon
completion of the program and each
year for the two-year period following
completion.
11. The financial assistance received
by each firm participating in the
program.
12. The financial contribution made
by each firm participating in the
program.
13. The types of technical assistance
included in the Adjustment Proposals of
firms participating in the program.
14. The number of firms leaving the
program before completing the project
or projects in their Adjustment
Proposals and the reason the project was
not completed.
The TAAF program is one of four
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
programs authorized under the Trade
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341 et seq)
(Trade Act). The responsibility for
administering the TAA for Firms
program is delegated by the Secretary of
Commerce to the Economic
Development Administration (EDA).
EDA, through a national network of 11
Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers
(TAAC), provides technical assistance
on a cost-shared basis to U.S.
manufacturing, production, and service
firms in all fifty states, the District of
Columbia, and the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico.
The other TAA programs are TAA for
Workers, Farmers, and Communities,
which are administered by the
Departments of Labor, Agriculture, and
Commerce through EDA, respectively.
matching funds to implement projects
outlined in Adjustment Proposals.
The program’s premise is that some
U.S. firms, in particular small
businesses, lack the internal capabilities
or resources necessary to effectively
respond to new import competition. The
Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers’
goal is to help U.S. firms increase
profitability and retain employees while
competing successfully in the global
economy.
Program Description
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The TAAF Program supports a
national network of 11 Trade
Adjustment Assistance Centers (TAAC)
to help U.S. firms apply for assistance
and prepare and implement strategies to
guide their economic recovery.
Information about the TAACs may be
found at www.taacenters.org. The
current TAACs and the states they serve
are listed in the table below. Please note
that currently Puerto Rico has not been
assigned to any particular TAAC. Firms
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on the Trade Adjustment Assistance for
Firms (TAAF) program by the 15th of
December each year. Section 1866 of the
TGAAA states:
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in Puerto Rico receive assistance from
the TAAC that received the inquiry.
EXHIBIT 2—TAACS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SERVICE AREAS
TAAC
States served
Great Lakes ..........................................
Mid-America .........................................
Mid-Atlantic ...........................................
Midwest ................................................
New England ........................................
New York State ....................................
Northwestern ........................................
Rocky Mountain ....................................
Southeastern ........................................
Southwest .............................................
Western ................................................
Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.
Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri.
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
New York.
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada.
the cost of developing an Adjustment
Proposal and the firm must pay the rest.
EDA must approve all Adjustment
Proposals to ensure they conform to
statutory and regulatory requirements.
• After an Adjustment Proposal has
been approved, company management
and TAAC staff jointly identify
consultants with the specific expertise
required to assist the firm. The program
pays up to $75,000 in matching funds
for the cost of these consultants when
implementing the Adjustment Proposal.
After a competitive procurement
process, the TAAC and the firm
generally contract with private
consultants to implement the
adjustment plan.
There are three main phases to
receiving technical assistance under the
program. The phases are (1) Petitioning
for certification, (2) recovery planning,
and (3) project implementation.
Eligibility to Apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance’’ and any
supporting documentation. Although a
firm may complete a petition and
submit it to EDA on its own,
certification specialists within the
TAACs generally work with the firm at
no cost to complete and submit a
petition to EDA. Once a petition has
been accepted, EDA is required to make
a final determination on a petition
within 40 days.2
Certified firms may then submit an
Adjustment Proposal for EDA’s
approval. It generally takes EDA
between two weeks to one month to
make a final determination on an
Adjustment Proposal, depending on the
workflow.
The firm works with consultants to
implement projects in an approved
Adjustment Proposal. As projects are
implemented and if the firm is satisfied
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2 As of May 17, 2009, the deadline for making a
final determination is 40 days. Before May 17, 2009
EDA had 60 days to make a determination.
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The TAACs’ main responsibilities are:
• Assisting firms in preparing their
petitions for TAAF. Firms are not
charged for any assistance related to
preparing a petition.
• Once a petition has been approved,
TAACs work closely with company
management to identify the firm’s
strengths and weaknesses and develop a
customized Adjustment Proposal
designed to stimulate recovery and
growth. The program pays up to 75% of
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with the work, the firm will first pay
their match to the consultant and then
send a notice to the TAAC stating that
they are satisfied with the work and that
they have paid their matching share.
The TAAC will then pay the federal
matching share. Firms have up to five
years from the date of an Adjustment
Proposal’s approval to implement it,
unless they receive approval for an
extension. Generally, firms complete the
implementation of their Adjustment
Proposals over a two-year period.
collection deficiencies and plans to
train EDA and TAAC staff in order to
eliminate, to the extent possible,
problems that result in incomplete
records.
The performance measures in this
report were evaluated by looking at
quarterly trends and comparing results
for FY 2009 and FY 2008. In addition,
characteristics of the petitioning and
certified firms were aggregated and
reported as averages to provide a general
profile for these firms.
Data for This Report
Results/Findings
Most of the data used in this report
were collected from the petitions for
certification and the Adjustment
Proposals submitted by the TAACs on
behalf of firms. Data from these sources
were recorded into a central database by
Eligibility Reviewers at EDA. Results for
average processing times and the
number of approved and denied
petitions and Adjustment Proposal were
derived by EDA.
All of the data available for Fiscal
Years (FY) 2009 and 2008 were used for
this report. One weakness to the data
sets used is that a few records were
incomplete. EDA has identified data
(1) The number of firms that inquired
about the program.
Because of the decentralized nature of
the TAAF Program, EDA currently does
not collect reliable information on the
number of firms that inquire about the
TAA program. EDA is working with the
TAACs to collect this data and will
include this measure in the revised
quarterly report submitted by the
TAACs to EDA. EDA is expecting to
start collecting this data by the end of
December 2009.
(2) The number of petitions filed
under section 251.
(3) The number of petitions certified
and denied.
(4) The average time for processing
petitions.
In FY 2009, there was a 49 percent
increase in the number of petitions
received by EDA, a 16 percent increase
in the number of certified firms, and on
average the total petition processing
time increased by 17 calendar days,
which period is defined as the period
between actual submission of a petition
by the TAAC and final determination,
that is certification or rejection, by EDA.
After accepting a petition for filing,
EDA has 40 calendar days to make a
final determination. In order to avoid
having to reject many of the petitions,
EDA does not consider a petition
accepted until all the necessary
information is collected. When
considering the duration between the
time of submission and when a final
determination is made, the processing
time for petitions increased by 17 days
in FY 2009 as compared to FY 2008. For
the average petition, in both FY 2008
and FY 2009 it took 45 days to make a
final determination after it had been
accepted for filing under section 251 of
the Trade Act.
EXHIBIT 4—PETITIONS FOR CERTIFICATION FYS 2009 AND 2008 SUMMARY COMPARISON
Number of
petitions
received
FY
2009 .........................................................
2008 .........................................................
% Change ................................................
3 Two
281
188
49
Number of
petitions
accepted
for filing
Number of
petitions
certified
247
212
183
16
3 190
30
Average days
between
submission
and
acceptance
for filing
1
0
N/A
Average days
between
acceptance
and
certification
28
11
155
45
45
N/A
Average days
between
submission
and
acceptance
Number of
petitions
denied
Average days
between
acceptance
and
certification
of the petitions accepted for filing in FY 2008 were received by EDA in FY 2007.
EXHIBIT 5—PETITIONS FOR CERTIFICATION BY STATE AND TAAC
FY 2009 Petitions for Certification
TAAC
State
Number of
petitions
received
Number of
petitions
accepted
for filing
Number of
petitions
certified
Number of
petitions
denied
IN .................
MI .................
OH ................
7
13
8
7
11
7
7
10
5
0
0
0
........................
........................
........................
........................
Total ......
28
25
22
0
25
43
AR ................
KS ................
MO ...............
2
3
13
2
2
10
2
2
8
0
0
0
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
Total ......
18
14
12
0
37
49
DC ................
DE ................
MD ...............
NJ .................
PA ................
0
0
0
1
22
0
0
0
1
18
0
0
0
42
16
0
0
0
0
0
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
41
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Great Lakes ...................
Mid-America ...................
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EXHIBIT 5—PETITIONS FOR CERTIFICATION BY STATE AND TAAC—Continued
FY 2009 Petitions for Certification
TAAC
State
Number of
petitions
accepted
for filing
Number of
petitions
received
Number of
petitions
certified
Average days
between
submission
and
acceptance
Number of
petitions
denied
Average days
between
acceptance
and
certification
VA ................
WV ...............
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
........................
........................
........................
........................
Total ......
IA ..................
IL ..................
MN ...............
WI .................
24
2
28
8
10
20
2
27
7
9
18
1
23
6
6
0
0
0
0
0
32
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
Total ......
48
45
36
0
26
47
CT ................
MA ................
ME ................
NH ................
RI .................
VT ................
10
28
2
8
8
0
9
25
1
8
8
0
9
24
1
6
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
New England .................
Total ......
56
51
47
0
24
35
New York State .............
NY Total .......
16
13
11
0
28
46
AK ................
ID .................
MT ................
OR ................
WA ...............
1
0
2
5
6
0
0
1
6
5
0
0
0
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
Total ......
14
12
10
0
33
31
CO ................
ND ................
NE ................
NM ...............
SD ................
UT ................
WY ...............
12
1
0
2
0
4
0
11
1
0
2
0
3
0
11
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
Total ......
19
17
15
0
26
49
AL .................
FL .................
GA ................
KY ................
MS ................
NC ................
SC ................
TN ................
0
2
4
0
0
13
0
0
0
2
4
0
1
11
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
44
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
Total ......
19
18
15
0
31
44
LA .................
OK ................
TX ................
2
12
9
1
11
8
1
9
7
0
1
0
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
Total ......
23
20
17
1
........................
........................
AZ ................
CA ................
HI .................
NV ................
1
15
0
0
1
11
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
Total ......
16
12
9
0
44
37
Mid-Atlantic.
Midwest ..........................
Northwest .......................
Rocky Mountain .............
Southeastern .................
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Southwest ......................
Western .........................
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of the petitions certified from FY 2009 was received by EDA in FY 2008.
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(5) The number of petitions filed and
firms certified for each congressional
district of the United States.
EDA did not collect the number of
petitions filed and certified by
congressional district in FY 2009. EDA
has revised Form ED–840P and is
currently undergoing the required
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
analysis. EDA has incorporated this
measure into the revised Form ED–
840P, which is currently being
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for PRA clearance. In
the interim, TAACs have been
instructed to identify applicants’
congressional districts in supporting
documentation submitted with the
petition.
(6) The number of firms that received
assistance in preparing their petitions.
Although EDA has not previously
recorded whether a petitioning firm
received assistance in preparing their
petition, EDA understood that all firms
who submitted petitions through
TAACs received assistance from the
respective TAAC. EDA has revised Form
ED–840P to more accurately record
whether firms receive assistance and
from whom. Exhibit 6 shows the
number of petitions submitted by each
TAAC.
(7) Sales, employment, and
productivity at each firm participating
in the program at the time of
certification.
For those firms certified in FY 2009,
average employment was by six percent
below that for firms certified in FY
2008. Average net sales were 18 percent
below, and average productivity was 14
percent below. For the purposes of this
report, productivity is defined as net
sales per employee. Since the certified
firms are in various industries, which
have a variety of ways to measure
productivity, sales per employee was
chosen as the productivity measure.
This measure is used because it is
simple and can be generally applied to
all certified firms.
EXHIBIT 7—SUMMARY COMPARISON OF AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT, NET SALES, AND PRODUCTIVITY FOR FIRMS CERTIFIED IN
FYS 2009 AND 2008
Average
employment at
certification
FY
2009 .......................................................................................................................................
2008 .......................................................................................................................................
% Change ..............................................................................................................................
Average annual
net sales at
certification
77
82
(6%)
$10,715,785
$13,081,993
(18%)
Average
productivity at
certification
(net sales
per employee)
$128,729
$149,565
(14%)
EXHIBIT 8—AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT, NET SALES, AND PRODUCTIVITY FOR FIRMS CERTIFIED IN FY 2009 CLASSIFIED BY
STATE AND TAAC
Monthly
average
employment
State
Averag annual
net sales
Average
productivity
(net sales per
employee)
IN ...........................
MI ...........................
OH .........................
60
88
121
$6,563,817
13,511,133
21,163,407
$90,814
169,359
163,563
Average ..........
86
13,039,777
143,050
AR ..........................
23
2,462,000
106,279
Great Lakes .......................................................................................
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EXHIBIT 8—AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT, NET SALES, AND PRODUCTIVITY FOR FIRMS CERTIFIED IN FY 2009 CLASSIFIED BY
STATE AND TAAC—Continued
TAAC
Monthly
average
employment
State
Averag annual
net sales
Average
productivity
(net sales per
employee)
KS ..........................
MO .........................
114
159
7,847,500
5,786,387
69,224
94,504
Average ..........
129
5,575,841
92,253
DC ..........................
DE ..........................
MD .........................
NJ ..........................
PA ..........................
VA ..........................
WV .........................
0
0
0
53
77
0
0
0
0
0
6,195,713
9,535,754
0
0
0
0
0
115,674
125,789
0
0
Average ..........
74
9,164,638
124,665
IA ...........................
IL ............................
MN .........................
WI ..........................
29
66
85
249
1,365,689
11,027,769
9,328,702
33,110,952
47,093
153,625
121,189
158,130
Average ..........
99
14,156,731
146,011
CT ..........................
MA .........................
ME .........................
NH ..........................
RI ...........................
VT ..........................
54
39
8
47
79
0
8,008,737
6,070,712
405,912
5,468,664
6,903,936
0
116,324
146,199
49,501
121,973
164,784
0
New England .....................................................................................
Average ..........
48
6,368,535
138,096
New York State .................................................................................
Average ..........
73
9,339,480
108,707
AK ..........................
ID ...........................
MT ..........................
OR .........................
WA .........................
0
0
0
189
11
0
0
0
3,229,683
1,500,700
0
0
0
61,458
103,599
Average ..........
100
2,365,191
82,529
CO .........................
ND ..........................
NE ..........................
NM .........................
SD ..........................
UT ..........................
WY .........................
97
0
0
74
0
80
0
34,035,214
0
0
4,408,313
0
11,181,050
0
140,439
0
0
64,871
0
150,881
0
Average ..........
92
27,037,738
131,755
AL ..........................
FL ...........................
GA ..........................
KY ..........................
MS .........................
NC ..........................
SC ..........................
TN ..........................
0
78
34
0
0
111
0
0
0
7,084,047
3,183,356
0
0
24,225,837
0
0
0
138,109
107,743
0
0
155,842
0
0
Average ..........
91
17,731,769
143,858
LA ..........................
OK ..........................
TX ..........................
Average ..........
45
51
46
48
3,121,252
3,689,045
5,504,869
4,403,338
69,361
67,355
110,700
85,321
AZ ..........................
0
0
0
Mid-America ......................................................................................
Mid-Atlantic ........................................................................................
Midwest .............................................................................................
Northwestern .....................................................................................
Rocky Mountain .................................................................................
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Southeastern .....................................................................................
Southwest ..........................................................................................
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EXHIBIT 8—AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT, NET SALES, AND PRODUCTIVITY FOR FIRMS CERTIFIED IN FY 2009 CLASSIFIED BY
STATE AND TAAC—Continued
TAAC
Monthly
average
employment
State
Averag annual
net sales
Average
productivity
(net sales per
employee)
CA ..........................
HI ...........................
NV ..........................
51
0
0
7,904,808
0
0
143,021
0
0
Average ..........
51
7,921,301
143,139
Western .............................................................................................
EXHIBIT 9 5—AVERAGE MONTHLY EMPLOYMENT, ANNUAL NET SALES, AND PRODUCTIVITY AT EACH FIRM CERTIFIED FOR
THE TAAF PROGRAM IN FY 2009
Average monthly
employment
jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES
Project No.
¥2141167170 .................................................................................................................
¥2121444292 .................................................................................................................
¥2042247253 .................................................................................................................
¥2013118865 .................................................................................................................
¥1988436588 .................................................................................................................
¥1950117994 .................................................................................................................
¥1928548648 .................................................................................................................
¥1902999773 .................................................................................................................
¥1735872532 .................................................................................................................
¥1706525908 .................................................................................................................
¥1643182588 .................................................................................................................
¥1634468345 .................................................................................................................
¥1546967690 .................................................................................................................
¥1506878533 .................................................................................................................
¥1414666091 .................................................................................................................
¥1399657793 .................................................................................................................
¥1370436615 .................................................................................................................
¥1204293136 .................................................................................................................
¥1178629643 .................................................................................................................
¥1144864381 .................................................................................................................
¥1119666282 .................................................................................................................
¥1097381894 .................................................................................................................
¥1028400370 .................................................................................................................
¥976697335 ...................................................................................................................
¥976135562 ...................................................................................................................
¥889718167 ...................................................................................................................
¥887612628 ...................................................................................................................
¥879675653 ...................................................................................................................
¥854603118 ...................................................................................................................
¥764521341 ...................................................................................................................
¥739225309 ...................................................................................................................
¥721946507 ...................................................................................................................
¥707088102 ...................................................................................................................
¥701972844 ...................................................................................................................
¥641759960 ...................................................................................................................
¥632530935 ...................................................................................................................
¥631287923 ...................................................................................................................
¥627002970 ...................................................................................................................
¥616871455 ...................................................................................................................
¥594868995 ...................................................................................................................
¥592625918 ...................................................................................................................
¥554756768 ...................................................................................................................
¥534793263 ...................................................................................................................
¥510304974 ...................................................................................................................
¥502336347 ...................................................................................................................
¥477438887 ...................................................................................................................
¥476833060 ...................................................................................................................
¥441231945 ...................................................................................................................
¥428234294 ...................................................................................................................
¥404256669 ...................................................................................................................
¥363836427 ...................................................................................................................
¥360147020 ...................................................................................................................
¥283996920 ...................................................................................................................
¥48958339 .....................................................................................................................
23230469 .........................................................................................................................
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11
67
122
115
42
19
29
84
86
24
335
5
93
203
48
21
52
113
51
113
27
4
4
45
15
53
2
158
23
27
78
8
23
95
24
10
35
21
15
85
58
93
17
218
75
31
178
174
69
80
37
61
78
122
284
$1,196,902
4,006,469
15,791,636
3,298,000
4,101,937
1,983,347
3,379,076
10,028,851
8,007,271
3,247,216
53,848,974
442,494
14,127,000
38,116,000
8,416,445
3,327,060
6,348,965
1,312,194
3,523,858
21,591,273
2,393,550
366,266
712,071
3,575,314
1,693,508
10,400,385
23,036
16,095,224
665,537
4,282,608
6,027,470
405,912
5,357,515
12,076,738
3,274,000
112,451
1,924,226
2,442,947
3,975,576
8,341,277
6,641,978
32,349,000
2,346,672
23,152,444
14,316,003
4,527,483
15,320,292
16,688,000
9,989,294
7,044,108
2,853,566
807,976
9,189,018
43,293,680
59,905,827
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Productivity
$108,809
59,798
129,355
28,741
97,665
104,387
116,520
119,391
93,108
138,179
160,743
88,499
151,773
187,764
175,343
158,431
122,095
11,633
68,691
191,073
89,312
91,567
178,018
79,451
109,968
195,606
14,133
101,656
29,579
161,608
77,774
49,501
233,748
127,567
136,417
11,245
54,978
119,168
265,038
98,133
114,517
347,540
136,434
106,409
190,880
146,048
86,069
95,770
145,405
87,777
77,543
13,246
118,308
354,866
210,625
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EXHIBIT 9 5—AVERAGE MONTHLY EMPLOYMENT, ANNUAL NET SALES, AND PRODUCTIVITY AT EACH FIRM CERTIFIED FOR
THE TAAF PROGRAM IN FY 2009—Continued
Average monthly
employment
jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES
Project No.
65254696 .........................................................................................................................
114629866 .......................................................................................................................
137101191 .......................................................................................................................
176434616 .......................................................................................................................
246147845 .......................................................................................................................
280418639 .......................................................................................................................
526891792 .......................................................................................................................
540241037 .......................................................................................................................
587994808 .......................................................................................................................
631689182 .......................................................................................................................
639991136 .......................................................................................................................
674278170 .......................................................................................................................
675284787 .......................................................................................................................
675586291 .......................................................................................................................
712619105 .......................................................................................................................
717100183 .......................................................................................................................
726417873 .......................................................................................................................
744959677 .......................................................................................................................
775553880 .......................................................................................................................
819813906 .......................................................................................................................
838593384 .......................................................................................................................
915263089 .......................................................................................................................
945015730 .......................................................................................................................
962067466 .......................................................................................................................
989234254 .......................................................................................................................
1082975273 .....................................................................................................................
1211737402 .....................................................................................................................
1218148370 .....................................................................................................................
1220532373 .....................................................................................................................
1221594278 .....................................................................................................................
1221842461 .....................................................................................................................
1221849510 .....................................................................................................................
1222114933 .....................................................................................................................
1222703402 .....................................................................................................................
1222797758 .....................................................................................................................
1222976955 .....................................................................................................................
1224271418 .....................................................................................................................
1224872688 .....................................................................................................................
1225120776 .....................................................................................................................
1225133741 .....................................................................................................................
1225201275 .....................................................................................................................
1225287691 .....................................................................................................................
1225810350 .....................................................................................................................
1227042607 .....................................................................................................................
1227289294 .....................................................................................................................
1227543460 .....................................................................................................................
1227630320 .....................................................................................................................
1227877017 .....................................................................................................................
1228925679 .....................................................................................................................
1229617894 .....................................................................................................................
1229708794 .....................................................................................................................
1230052412 .....................................................................................................................
1230750559 .....................................................................................................................
1231186429 .....................................................................................................................
1231426311 .....................................................................................................................
1232040671 .....................................................................................................................
1232739420 .....................................................................................................................
1232999637 .....................................................................................................................
1233087150 .....................................................................................................................
1233153258 .....................................................................................................................
1233239620 .....................................................................................................................
1233327674 .....................................................................................................................
1233338572 .....................................................................................................................
1233673084 .....................................................................................................................
1233691704 .....................................................................................................................
1233760561 .....................................................................................................................
1233842492 .....................................................................................................................
1234275977 .....................................................................................................................
1234966745 .....................................................................................................................
1234980125 .....................................................................................................................
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20
20
15
101
26
9
39
87
98
35
17
13
11
223
6
7
38
344
17
33
58
4
739
24
6
22
99
50
174
26
28
19
91
36
20
33
49
103
28
137
326
292
12
3
113
888
53
8
1
58
47
19
28
26
19
51
71
4
167
89
11
60
46
78
147
88
20
69
16
6
2,463,879
2,074,822
318,347
12,903,834
1,935,948
3,207,749
3,514,280
9,939,297
17,905,792
2,995,661
2,949,494
836,017
2,494,392
19,226,471
405,088
717,780
6,404,000
42,310,370
1,020,236
8,930,078
950,292
346,908
111,833
3,227,083
358,000
1,650,000
10,494,800
4,085,428
25,421,539
2,622,892
3,202,408
1,514,723
408,844
2,153,350
1,985,109
5,407,901
7,677,627
13,265,206
4,903,000
13,773,487
50,549,619
48,371,484
749,609
195,253
12,397,000
103,961
6,328,130
2,468,000
172,826
4,103,785
6,561,310
2,156,922
3,825,907
2,951,829
2,475,523
2,773,358
26,183,448
261,470
8,650,171
25,373,011
660,126
8,141,100
5,741,356
13,219,682
7,407,619
22,565,731
2,408,353
10,463,729
3,997,722
558,835
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Productivity
124,753
104,789
21,223
128,141
74,460
341,250
90,110
114,905
182,712
85,590
173,500
65,570
220,743
86,217
67,515
106,338
167,425
122,995
60,014
274,772
16,384
86,727
151
135,024
61,407
76,142
106,115
81,709
146,101
102,457
113,039
81,524
4,493
59,272
99,255
163,876
156,686
128,788
175,107
100,720
155,060
165,656
62,467
65,084
109,708
117
119,399
300,976
216,033
70,270
139,602
115,343
136,640
113,532
130,291
54,486
367,745
65,368
51,797
285,090
57,906
135,685
124,812
169,483
50,392
257,306
120,418
151,648
249,858
101,606
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EXHIBIT 9 5—AVERAGE MONTHLY EMPLOYMENT, ANNUAL NET SALES, AND PRODUCTIVITY AT EACH FIRM CERTIFIED FOR
THE TAAF PROGRAM IN FY 2009—Continued
Average monthly
employment
jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES
Project No.
1235057791
1235755384
1235770548
1236954447
1237222818
1237298215
1237306159
1237408034
1237488333
1237904074
1237916053
1238084904
1238173195
1238177474
1238431176
1238505614
1238510711
1238520242
1238765788
1238772555
1239379144
1239897775
1239916845
1240316759
1240405972
1240492021
1240519189
1242740530
1242766013
1242847325
1242997549
1243013350
1243436999
1243524425
1243613130
1243957086
1243968951
1243971069
1244043572
1244055343
1244058559
1244127442
1244130026
1244133405
1244141043
1245437191
1246279087
1246304644
1246459021
1246886248
1246977066
1246981790
1246994607
1247145245
1247147517
1247150638
1247161869
1247238696
1247754433
1247831618
1247835180
1247836448
1248180971
1248977837
1249499924
1249569202
1249916490
1250184197
1250265178
1327553155
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Annual net sales
20
133
97
67
162
61
22
86
79
18
119
14
115
87
16
29
16
38
21
76
45
10
17
106
96
153
149
4
392
69
89
52
644
8
2
32
23
57
60
99
4
71
69
79
17
18
126
474
11
21
43
38
241
8
4
10
9
13
97
50
29
72
5
137
24
12
22
138
933
10
4,409,285
49,248,961
23,087,874
4,297,798
34,093,287
5,678,660
1,874,369
8,978,684
16,573,810
4,579,750
9,797,071
629,641
8,662,992
13,279,415
1,520,278
1,365,689
1,147,318
3,749,000
1,493,937
11,606,000
3,121,252
745,536
12,408,106
16,656,248
12,408,106
13,382,187
20,677,489
196,390
24,305,183
14,182,980
6,572,979
16,549,376
328,918,000
1,389,381
232,398
3,546,513
1,664,125
4,043,125
4,750,412
4,731,197
785,907
15,427,668
9,072,053
8,686,480
982,499
1,736,066
18,495,699
147,130,573
747,668
3,131,095
5,447,176
5,652,842
11,004,128
442,710
1,041,903
1,684,610
204,767
1,965,636
18,745,787
8,934,942
2,441,616
10,851,151
412,418
21,887,413
3,648,378
936,104
3,079,082
30,238,000
99,626,339
1,402,910
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220,464
370,293
238,019
63,984
210,452
93,862
85,199
104,805
211,131
253,305
82,676
45,527
75,330
152,637
93,844
47,093
71,707
98,658
69,810
152,110
69,361
74,554
717,232
157,134
129,251
87,752
138,682
45,672
61,956
205,550
73,688
318,257
511,139
173,673
116,199
112,588
71,422
70,808
79,174
48,032
188,467
216,529
131,670
110,095
57,794
96,448
146,443
310,402
67,970
151,261
126,679
148,759
45,660
55,339
260,476
163,079
21,947
151,203
194,257
178,699
83,332
150,710
82,484
159,762
152,016
78,009
138,697
219,116
106,781
140,291
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EXHIBIT 9 5—AVERAGE MONTHLY EMPLOYMENT, ANNUAL NET SALES, AND PRODUCTIVITY AT EACH FIRM CERTIFIED FOR
THE TAAF PROGRAM IN FY 2009—Continued
Average monthly
employment
Project No.
1447786180
1531863717
1583584994
1715521604
1741163169
1745023300
1874078704
1884248409
1892823557
1962799420
1968260507
1978491171
2019516425
2035965487
2053807288
2060034620
2092576996
5 As
Annual net sales
11
114
8
9
66
52
7
8
107
9
32
36
10
10
66
2
35
190,335
14,611,240
364,976
966,076
9,039,000
8,970,960
454,718
391,392
13,779,974
235,598
4,751,162
9,163,974
1,669,942
341,614
3,595,710
151,618
4,072,919
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
Productivity
17,303
128,169
45,622
108,304
137,832
172,518
67,767
48,924
128,785
27,080
150,021
254,555
169,882
34,161
54,480
69,967
118,056
reported by the petitioning firm for the most recent year of the firm’s petition period (can be between 6 and 12 months).
(8) The number of firms that received
assistance developing Adjustment
Proposals.
Although EDA has not previously
recorded whether a certified firm
received assistance in preparing their
Adjustment Proposals, EDA understood
that all firms who submitted
Adjustment Proposals through TAACs
received assistance from the respective
(9) The number of Adjustment
Proposals approved and denied by the
Secretary of Commerce.
TAAC. EDA requested that TAACs
include such information in the
Adjustment Proposals. Exhibit 10 shows
the number of plans submitted by each
TAAC.
In FY 2009, EDA did not deny any
Adjustment Proposals and approved 172
plans.
EXHIBIT 11—CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ADJUSTMENT PROPOSALS APPROVED IN FYS 2003–2009
FY 2004
FY 2005
FY 2006
FY 2007
FY 2008
FY 2009
162
$7.2
68
177
$11.6
88
132
$8.4
64
137
$10.6
91
126
$11.2
68
139
$15.0
81
172
$16.4
80
Number of Business Recovery Plans Approved .................
Avg. Firm Sales (millions) ....................................................
Avg. Firm Employees ...........................................................
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(10) The financial assistance received
by each firm participating in the
program.
(11) The financial contribution made
by each firm participating in the
program. Although the TAACs maintain
records on actual government and firm
expenditures for implementation of
Adjustment Proposals, EDA currently
does not collect or record this
information in a central database. In FY
2010, EDA will include this measure in
the revised quarterly reports submitted
by the TAACs to EDA. Exhibit 13 shows
the average government and firm cost
share proposed by each firm at the time
their Adjustment Proposals were
approved.
EXHIBIT 13—PROJECTED COSTS TO IMPLEMENT APPROVED ADJUSTMENT PROPOSALS
FY 2003
FY 2004
FY 2005
FY 2006
FY 2007
FY 2008
FY 2009
$8.1
7.4
15.5
50,000
$8.5
8.1
16.6
48,023
$5.9
5.4
11.3
44,697
$6.7
6.0
12.7
48,905
$7.1
5.9
13.0
56,449
$7.9
7.5
15.4
56,827
$10.3
9.8
20.2
60,123
Total Government Share (millions) ......................................
Total Firm Share (millions) ..................................................
Total Projected Costs (millions) ...........................................
Avg. Government Assistance Per Firm 6 .............................
6 Government
share of project implementation costs as proposed in the Adjustment Proposals divided by the number of approved plans.
(12) The types of technical assistance
included in the Adjustment Proposals of
firms participating in the program.
Firms proposed various types of
projects in Adjustment Proposals. More
than half of all firms proposed to
implement marketing/sales or
production/engineering projects.
Marketing and sales projects are geared
toward increasing revenue, whereas
production and engineering projects
tend to be geared toward cutting costs.
Support system projects can provide a
competitive advantage by either cutting
costs or creating new sales channels.
Management and financial projects are
designed to improve management’s
decision making ability and business
control. Sample projects are listed
below in Exhibit 15.
EXHIBIT 14—THE FREQUENCY OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS PROPOSED IN ADJUSTMENT PROPOSALS
[Presented by TAAC]
Number of firms that included the following projects in their business recovery plans
TAAC
Great Lakes .....................................................................................................
MidAmerica ......................................................................................................
Mid-Atlantic ......................................................................................................
Midwest ............................................................................................................
New England ...................................................................................................
Northwest .........................................................................................................
New York State ................................................................................................
Rocky Mountain ...............................................................................................
Southeastern ....................................................................................................
Southwest ........................................................................................................
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7
15
26
33
7
10
16
13
13
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6
5
16
20
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6
6
7
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4
5
0
27
1
2
4
6
1
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engineering
15
5
9
23
31
5
9
14
7
11
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EXHIBIT 14—THE FREQUENCY OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS PROPOSED IN ADJUSTMENT PROPOSALS—Continued
[Presented by TAAC]
Number of firms that included the following projects in their business recovery plans
TAAC
Marketing/
sales
Support
systems
Management/
financial
Production/
engineering
Western ............................................................................................................
5
3
0
4
Total ..........................................................................................................
160
95
61
133
EXHIBIT 15—SAMPLE ADJUSTMENT PROPOSALS PROJECTS PROPOSED IN FY 2009
Support systems
Management/financial
Production/engineering
• sales planning/development
• strategic market planning/marketing strategy
• sales and marketing staff training/coaching/mentoring
• market, technology, merchandising, consumer research and
analysis/export feasibility study
• business development/market
expansion/customer diversification
• brand recognition/rebranding
• new product design and development, production line evaluation
• web site update/unitronix/Design Online Web site improvements
• kiosk ordering system/e-commerce
• trade show design/model kit
package/travel exhibit design
• visual imaging for marketing/advertising tools
• Industry certification promotion
campaign
• sales pricing and sales channel
• lead generation
• after-market service plan
• install new computer network
• automate kin controllers
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Marketing/sales
• MRP/ERP selection and installation
• IT systems upgrades
• Software training
• strategic information technology
plan
• MIS/IT evaluation and recommendation
• Design software
• MIS reporting systems and
server
• CRM and PM software
• product identification software
• CAD software upgrade
• Vantage shop floor management system
• Tele-conferencing capabilities
• implement QuickBooks MIS
modules and financial reports
• customer communication software upgrade
• CRM system
• production and inventory control modules/software
• MIS system integration quality
controls
• succession planning, strategic
business plan, financial planning, investment planning, supply chain management strategy, pricing strategy
• JV and management project
• cost accounting/pricing system/
cost studies/quoting/cost estimating
• cost tracking/control improvement
• financial restructuring
• human resources training, employee training
• management-leadership development, managerial capacity
building, management training
and coaching
• interim leadership
• company fair market valuation
• government procurement assistance
• Quality assurance/efficiency systems
• production evaluation, integration, analysis, and efficiency
• 5S, lean manufacturing, Siemens, MRP, phase-gate system
• Industry certifications
• Employee training
• supply chain management program/improvements
• bar coding
• PLCM improvement
• Green manufacturing and certification
• site evaluation
• Job Boss Shop scheduling system implementation
• Value stream map for the manufacturing process
• patent requirements
• materials test program
• enhance testing and analytical
capabilities
• program
• facility expansion and design
• prototype research, design, and
testing
• develop capabilities for new production line/business
• production tooling design
• vendor stocking program
• FSC chain of custody plan
• calibrate equipment, equipment
installation and start-up, facility/
equipment design
• warehouse automation
(13) The number of firms leaving the
program before completing the project
or projects in their Adjustment
Proposals and the reason the project was
not completed.
EDA currently does not collect or
record this information. In FY 2010,
EDA will include this measure in the
revised quarterly TAAC report.
(14) Sales, employment, and
productivity at each firm upon
completion of the program and each
year for the two-year period following
completion.
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Most, if not all, TAACs record the
sales, employment and productivity of
firms after completing the TAAF
Program. However, EDA currently does
not collect or record this information for
the 2-year period following completion.
In FY 2010, EDA will include this
measure in the revised quarterly TAAC
report.
Discussion and Analysis
FY 2009 Performance
In FY 2009 as compared to FY 2008,
the number of petitions submitted to
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current economic conditions and the
expansion of eligibility to service sector
firms, increases in the number of
petitions are expected to continue in FY
2010. As the TAACs continue to
strengthen their marketing channels to
more effectively reach service firms, it is
expected that the number of petitions
will increase. If petitions continue to
increase at the same rate, EDA can
expect approximately 400 petitions in
FY 2010.
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a final determination within 40 calendar
days of a petition being accepted for
filing under Section 251 of the Trade
Act. Before May 17, 2009 EDA had to
make a determination within 60
calendar days. The average processing
time has improved as of the fourth
quarter of FY 2009. The addition of two
new EDA Program Analysts (expected
start dates between December 2009 and
February 2010) and a new TAAF
Program Director (start date August 30,
2009) is expected to improve EDA’s
processing time for petitions for the
remainder of FY 2010. For the average
petition, Exhibit 18 shows that, EDA
missed the 40 day deadline in the third
quarter of FY 2009, but was able to meet
the deadline in the fourth quarter of FY
2009.
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The average total processing time of
petitions increased by approximately 17
days, a 30 percent overall increase. A
spike in the number of petitions
submitted and a recent decline in the
number of eligibility reviewers have
made it challenging for EDA to meet the
40-day review deadline to provide a
final determination on petitions. As of
May 17, 2009, EDA is required to make
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EDA must approve all petitions for
certification and Adjustment Proposals
for firms to receive financial assistance.
Although EDA has not previously
recorded whether a petitioning or
certified firm received assistance in
preparing their petition or Adjustment
Proposals, EDA understood that all
firms who submitted petitions and
Adjustment Proposals through TAACs
received assistance from the respective
TAAC. EDA has revised Form ED–840P
to more accurately record whether and
from whom firms receive assistance.
Also, EDA requested that TAACs
include such information in the
Adjustment Proposals.
EDA has assumed that eligible firms
either do not have the capacity to
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submit petitions and Adjustment
Proposals without assistance, or that
doing so would cause unnecessary
burden to small and medium-sized
firms. EDA therefore understands that
all firms receive assistance.
As compared to FY 2008, average net
sales of certified firms declined by 20
percent and average employment
declined by six percent. The National
Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
determined that a recession began in
December 2007. It is likely that the
recession has contributed to the decline
in sales and employment of certified
firms in FY 2009. Firm productivity,
defined as net sales per employee, in
certified firms has declined as well.
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The TAAF program strongly targets
small and medium-sized businesses in
the provision of assistance. In order to
classify small and medium-sized firms
EDA used the Small Business
Administration’s (SBA’s) size standards.
Medium-sized firms are classified as
those with less than 500 employees for
most manufacturing and mining
industries, or less than $7 million in
average annual receipts for most
nonmanufacturing industries. Ninety
eight percent of the firms certified in FY
2009 had fewer than 500 employees,
and 58 percent had less than $7 million
in annual net sales. This indicates that
the TAAF program is mostly reaching
small and medium-sized businesses.
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and implementation. Firms with limited
working capital and limited access to
credit will tend to develop and
implement the Adjustment Proposals
more gradually.
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that the number of Adjustment
Proposals submitted will be fewer than
the number of petitions, since
Adjustment Proposals often take more
time to create and require firms to
contribute funds for their development
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EDA experienced a 15 percent
increase in the number of Adjustment
Proposals it received for approval in FY
2009. In comparison, there was a 49
percent increase in the number of
petitions in the same year. It is expected
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35 percent of firms included support
system projects or management/
financial projects in their Adjustment
Proposals. This mix of project types
proposed in the Adjustment Proposals
indicates that firms are focusing on both
revenue growth and cost reduction in
order to improve their profit margin.
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government funds. The TAAF Program
received an increase of approximately
$1.7 million in Omnibus appropriations
for FY 2009.
Approximately 65 percent of firms
included marketing/sales projects or
production/engineering projects in their
Adjustment Proposals. Approximately
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The number of approved Adjustment
Proposals and the proposed financial
assistance to be received from EDA and
contributed by each firm increased in
FY 2009. EDA approved an additional
28 Adjustment Proposals as compared
to FY 2008 and proposed to spend an
additional total of $2.4 million in
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Looking Forward: Data Collection
The TGAAA identifies 14 measures to
be included in each year’s TAAF
Annual Report. Of the 14 measures,
EDA currently does not collect data on
four. These measures are: (1) The
number of firms that inquired about the
program, (2) the number of petitions
certified by congressional district, (3)
the number of firms leaving the program
and why, and (4) sales, employment,
and productivity at each firm upon
completion of the program and every
year for the two years thereafter. There
are another four measures that EDA
does not collect data on directly, but has
access to relevant information: These
measures are: (1) The number of firms
that received assistance in preparing
their petition, (2) the number of firms
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that received assistance in preparing
their Adjustment Proposal, (3) the actual
government outlays for each firm
implementing their Adjustment
Proposal, and (4) the actual firm outlays
for implementing the Adjustment
Proposal. Most of these measures are
recorded by the TAACs, but EDA has
not required TAACs to report on them
to EDA.
EXHIBIT 23—FY 2010 DATA COLLECTION PLAN FOR THE 14 MEASUREMENTS REQUIRED FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT TO
CONGRESS
Collected by EDA?
1. Number of Firm Inquiries
No ..............................
New Management
system (MIS).
2. Number of Petitions .......
3. Number of Petitions Certified and Denied.
4. Average Petition Processing Time.
5. Number of Petitions and
Certifications by Congressional District.
6. Number of Firms that
Received Assistance in
Preparing their Petitions.
Yes ............................
Yes ............................
MIS ..............................................
MIS ..............................................
TAACs should have a written record of their response
to firm inquiries and submit a copy of this notice
along with the firm’s DUNS number to EDA in the
TAAC’s quarterly report. A new information system
will need to be designed to record the information
collected from the TAAC quarterly reports.
None.
None.
Yes ............................
Derived from MIS ........................
None.
No ..............................
MIS ..............................................
To some extent .........
MIS ..............................................
7. Number of Firms that
Received Assistance in
Developing Their Adjustment Proposal.
To some extent .........
MIS ..............................................
8. Number of Adjustment
Proposals Approved and
Denied.
9. Sales, Employment, and
Productivity at Time of
Certification.
Yes ............................
MIS ..............................................
Form ED–840P will be revised so that a firm’s congressional district will be recorded. The MIS has
been modified to include this information.
Currently, EDA receives all petitions directly from the
TAACs. Form ED–840P will be revised so that firms
can indicate whether they received assistance. The
MIS will be modified to include this information.
Currently, EDA receives all Adjustment Proposals directly from the TAACs. TAACs have been advised
to indicate the type of assistance received by the
firms in the adjustment proposals submitted to EDA.
The MIS will be modified to include this information.
None
Yes ............................
MIS ..............................................
10. Sales, Employment,
and productivity at Each
Firm Upon Completion of
the Program and Each
Year for the Two-Year
Period Thereafter.
11. Financial Assistance
Received by Each Firm
Participating in the Program.
12. Financial Contribution
Made by Each Firm Participating in the Program.
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Measurement
No ..............................
New MIS ......................................
To some extent .........
New MIS ......................................
To some extent .........
New MIS ......................................
13. Types of Technical Assistance Included in the
Adjustment Proposals of
Firms.
14. Number of Firms Leaving the Program Before
Completing the Project(s)
in their AP and the Reason.
Classification of Data by
TAAC, State, and National Totals.
Yes ............................
MIS ..............................................
No ..............................
New MIS ......................................
TAACs will be advised to include this measure in their
quarterly activity reports.
Yes ............................
MIS ..............................................
None.
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For the large number of firms in varying industries
being measured, few employ or track the same productivity measures. EDA chose to use the simplest
and most universal metric for productivity: sales per
employee.
EDA will request this information from TAACs in their
quarterly reports. Also, EDA may continue to track
firms through the Dun and Bradstreet database to
collect sales and employment figures.
EDA records the proposed government expenditures
on each project, but does not request information on
actual outlays for each firm. EDA will request this information from TAACs in their quarterly reports.
EDA records firms’ proposed expenditures on each
project, but does not request information on actual
outlays for each firm. EDA will request this information from TAACs in their quarterly reports.
This information is now recorded by EDA. Previously
this information was submitted to EDA, but not recorded in any MIS.
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EDA is considering several steps to
address the collection of the remaining
measures.
Following is a list of the steps EDA
will take to address the current data
collection gaps.
(1) TAACs were instructed to upgrade
their Adobe software to facilitate data
collection. TAACs that only have Adobe
Reader can use the Adobe fillable forms,
but they cannot save the information on
their computers. Upgrading the Adobe
software will allow the remaining
TAACs to save electronic records of the
forms, and will allow EDA to
automatically upload information into
its management information system and
no longer require EDA to re-type all of
the information into the system.
(2) EDA will issue several new
procedures and guidelines to simplify
data collection through a revised
template for the quarterly TAAC activity
reports.
(3) As resources become available, the
management information system (MIS)
will be expanded to facilitate reporting.
(4) EDA is in the process of seeking
OMB clearance for a revised Form ED–
840P to collect all required data.
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Conclusion
Overall, there has been an increase in
the demand for the TAAF Program in
FY 2009, as demonstrated by the
increase in the number of petitions for
certification and Adjustment Proposals
submitted to EDA.
Due to the spike in petitions and
Adjustment Proposals, EDA experienced
challenges in meeting the new 40-day
processing deadline for petitions
accepted for filing immediately after the
new rule’s implementation. However,
since the fourth quarter of FY 2009, the
average processing time for petitions
declined below the 40-day requirement.
New TAAF program staff members are
expected to help improve processing
time even further for FY 2010.
TAACs effectively targeted small and
medium-sized firms in FY 2009. The
average employment, net sales, and
productivity of firms certified in FY
2009 declined in comparison to the
previous fiscal year. More than half of
all firms proposed to implement a
marketing/sales project or production/
engineering project in their Adjustment
Proposals.
Of the 14 measures required for
reporting, EDA was unable to provide
any information on four measures, and
provided limited information on
another four measures. EDA is taking
steps to collect and report on all of the
missing measures for the FY 2010
Annual Report.
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
SEVERELY DISABLED
Procurement List: Proposed Additions
AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Proposed Additions to
Procurement List.
SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing
to add to the Procurement List services
to be provided by nonprofit agencies
employing persons who are blind or
have other severe disabilities.
Comments Must Be Received On or
Before: February 15, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800,
1421 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT
COMMENTS CONTACT: Barry S. Lineback,
the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in
connection with the services proposed
for addition to the Procurement List.
Comments on this certification are
invited. Commenters should identify the
statement(s) underlying the certification
on which they are providing additional
information.
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The following services are proposed
for addition to the Procurement List to
be provided by the nonprofit agencies
listed:
Services
Service Type/Location: Custodial and
Grounds Maintenance Services, Federal
Building & U.S. Courthouse, 100 N.
Church St., Las Cruces, NM.
NPA: Tresco, Inc., Las Cruces, NM.
Contracting Activity: GSA Public Buildings
Service, PBS OK/NM Section,
Albuquerque, NM.
Service Type/Location: Facilities
Management, Joint Base Fort Lewis,
McChord Air Force Base (JBLM), WA.
NPA: Professional Contract Services, Inc.,
Austin, TX.
Contracting Activity: Department Of The
Army, Mission And Installation
Contracting Command, Ft. Lewis, WA.
Barry S. Lineback,
Director, Business Operations.
Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703)
603–0655, or e-mail
CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov.
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notice is published pursuant to 41 U.S.C
47(a) (2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its purpose
is to provide interested persons an
opportunity to submit comments on the
proposed actions.
Additions: If the Committee approves
the proposed additions, the entities of
the Federal Government identified in
this notice will be required to provide
the services listed below from nonprofit
agencies employing persons who are
blind or have other severe disabilities.
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
SEVERELY DISABLED
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I certify that the following action will
not have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The major factors considered for this
certification were:
1. If approved, the action will not
result in any additional reporting,
recordkeeping or other compliance
requirements for small entities other
than the small organizations that will
provide the services to the Government.
2. If approved, the action will result
in authorizing small entities to provide
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People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: A correction is made to the
Federal Register published by the
Committee in proposing to add to and
delete from the Procurement List a
product and services on January 11,
2010 (75 FR 1354–1355). The correct
date that comments should be received
is February 11, 2010.
Action: A correction is made to the
Federal Register published by the
Committee in adding services to and
deleting from the Procurement List
products and services on January 11,
2010 (75 FR 1355–1356). The correct
effective date should be February 11,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800,
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Program Fiscal Year 2009
Annual Report
AGENCY: Economic Development Administration, Commerce.
Action: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce is directed by Section 1866 of the
Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 (TGAAA),
which became effective May 17, 2009, to submit to Congress a report on
the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAAF) program by the 15th of
December each year. The TAAF Program is one of four Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) programs authorized by the Trade Act of 1974 (Trade
Act). The mission of the TAAF Program is to provide technical and
financial assistance to U.S. firms affected by import competition. The
program provides assistance in the development of business recovery
plans, which are known as Adjustment Proposals under Section 252 of the
Trade Act, and matching funds to implement projects outlined in the
Adjustment Proposals. The TAAF Program supports a national network of
11 Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers (TAACs) to help U.S. firms apply
for assistance and prepare and implement strategies to guide their
economic recovery.
Overall, there has been an increase in the demand for the TAAF
Program in fiscal year 2009, as demonstrated by the increase in the
number of petitions for certification and Adjustment Proposals
submitted to EDA for approval.
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Avg. days Avg. days
Petitions Petitions Petitions Petitions between between
Fiscal year received accepted for certified denied submission and acceptance and
filing acceptance certification
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2009.............................................. 281 247 212 1 28 45
2008.............................................. 188 \1\ 190 183 0 11 45
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Change............................................ 49% 30% 16% NA 155% NA
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\1\ Two of the petitions accepted for filing in FY 2008 were received by EDA in FY 2007.
Because of the spike in petitions and Adjustment Proposals, the
Economic Development Administration (EDA) experienced challenges in
meeting the 40-day processing deadline for petitions accepted for
filing immediately after the new legislation was enacted. Beginning in
the fourth quarter of FY 2009, the average processing time for
petitions has started to decline below the 40-day requirement.
Additional TAAF staff resources are expected to help improve the
processing time even further for FY 2010.
TAACs effectively reached small and medium-sized firms in FY 2009.
The average employment, net sales, and productivity of firms certified
in FY 2009 declined in comparison to the previous fiscal year. Sixty-
five percent of all firms proposed to implement a marketing/sales
project or production/engineering project in their Adjustment
Proposals, and 35 percent of all firms proposed support systems or
management/financial projects.
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Avg.
Avg. employment Avg. annual net productivity at
FY at sales at certification
certification certification (net sales per
employee)
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2009......................................................... 77 $10,715,785 $128,729
2008......................................................... 82 $13,081,993 $149,565
% Change..................................................... (6%) (18%) (14%)
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The following table illustrates that in FY 2009 EDA approved an
additional 33 Adjustment Proposals as compared to FY 2008 and proposed
to spend an additional total of $2.4 million in government funds.
Approved TAAF Adjustment Proposals
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FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009
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Number of Plans Approved........... 162 177 132 137 126 139 172
Total Government Share (millions).. $8.1 $8.5 $5.9 $6.7 $7.1 $7.9 $10.3
Total Firm Share (millions)........ $7.4 $8.1 $5.4 $6.0 $5.9 $7.5 $9.8
Total Projected Costs (millions)... $15.5 $16.6 $11.3 $12.7 $13.0 $15.4 $20.2
Avg. Government Assistance Per Firm $50,000 $48,023 $44,697 $48,905 $56,449 $56,827 $60,123
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The TGAAA identifies 14 measures that should be covered by this
report. EDA currently is unable to provide any information on four
measures: (1) The number of firms that inquired about the program, (2)
the number of petitions certified by congressional district, (3) the
number of firms leaving the program and why, and (4) sales, employment,
and productivity at each firm upon completion of the program and every
year for the two years thereafter. EDA is taking steps to collect and
report on all of the missing measures for the FY 2010 Annual Report.
ADDRESSES: Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Division, Room 7106,
Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Borlik, Director of the TAAF
Program, 202-482-3901.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
Introduction
Program Initiative
Program Description
Data for This Report
Results/Findings
(1) The number of firms that inquired about the program.
(2) The number of petitions filed under section 251.
(3) The number of petitions certified and denied.
(4) The average time for processing petitions.
(5) The number of petitions filed and firms certified for each
Congressional district of the United States.
(6) The number of firms that received assistance in preparing
their petitions.
(7) Sales, employment, and productivity at each firm
participating in the program at the time of certification.
(8) The number of firms that received assistance developing
business recovery plans (Adjustment Proposals).
(9) The number of Adjustment Proposals approved and denied by
the Secretary of Commerce.
(10) The financial assistance received by each firm.
(11) The financial contribution made by each firm.
(12) The types of technical assistance included in the
Adjustment Proposals of firms participating in the program.
(13) The number of firms leaving the program before completing
the project or projects in their Adjustment Proposals and the reason
the project was not completed.
(14) Sales, employment, and productivity at each firm upon
completion of the program and each year for the two-year period
following completion.
Discussion and Analysis
Conclusion
Introduction
This report is provided in compliance with Section 1866 of the
Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 (Sec. 1866,
Pub. L. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115, at 367) (TGAAA). This section directs the
Secretary of Commerce to provide an annual report
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on the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAAF) program by the 15th
of December each year. Section 1866 of the TGAAA states:
IN GENERAL.--Not later than December 15, 2009, and each year
thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall prepare a report
containing data regarding the trade adjustment assistance for firms
program provided for in chapter 3 of title II of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341 et seq.) for the preceding fiscal year.
This report will provide findings and results to the extent that
the data is available on the following 14 measures:
1. The number of firms that inquired about the program.
2. The number of petitions filed under section 251.
3. The number of petitions certified and denied.
4. The average time for processing petitions.
5. The number of petitions filed and firms certified for each
congressional district of the United States.
6. The number of firms that received assistance in preparing their
petitions.
7. The number of firms that received assistance developing business
recovery plans (Adjustment Proposals).
8. The number of Adjustment Proposals approved and denied by the
Secretary of Commerce.
9. Sales, employment, and productivity at each firm participating
in the program at the time of certification.
10. Sales, employment, and productivity at each firm upon
completion of the program and each year for the two-year period
following completion.
11. The financial assistance received by each firm participating in
the program.
12. The financial contribution made by each firm participating in
the program.
13. The types of technical assistance included in the Adjustment
Proposals of firms participating in the program.
14. The number of firms leaving the program before completing the
project or projects in their Adjustment Proposals and the reason the
project was not completed.
The TAAF program is one of four Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
programs authorized under the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341 et seq)
(Trade Act). The responsibility for administering the TAA for Firms
program is delegated by the Secretary of Commerce to the Economic
Development Administration (EDA). EDA, through a national network of 11
Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers (TAAC), provides technical
assistance on a cost-shared basis to U.S. manufacturing, production,
and service firms in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The other TAA programs are TAA for Workers, Farmers, and
Communities, which are administered by the Departments of Labor,
Agriculture, and Commerce through EDA, respectively.
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The TAAF Program is relatively small. Between FY 2000 and FY 2009,
its appropriations have ranged from $10.5 million to $15.8 million.
Program Initiative
The mission of the program is to provide technical and financial
assistance to U.S. firms affected by import competition. The program
provides assistance in the development of business recovery plans,
which are known as Adjustment Proposals under Section 252 of the Trade
Act, and matching funds to implement projects outlined in Adjustment
Proposals.
The program's premise is that some U.S. firms, in particular small
businesses, lack the internal capabilities or resources necessary to
effectively respond to new import competition. The Trade Adjustment
Assistance Centers' goal is to help U.S. firms increase profitability
and retain employees while competing successfully in the global
economy.
Program Description
The TAAF Program supports a national network of 11 Trade Adjustment
Assistance Centers (TAAC) to help U.S. firms apply for assistance and
prepare and implement strategies to guide their economic recovery.
Information about the TAACs may be found at www.taacenters.org. The
current TAACs and the states they serve are listed in the table below.
Please note that currently Puerto Rico has not been assigned to any
particular TAAC. Firms
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in Puerto Rico receive assistance from the TAAC that received the
inquiry.
Exhibit 2--TAACs and Their Respective Service Areas
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TAAC States served
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Great Lakes..................................... Indiana, Michigan, and
Ohio.
Mid-America..................................... Arkansas, Kansas, and
Missouri.
Mid-Atlantic.................................... Delaware, District of
Columbia, Maryland,
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania,
Virginia, and West
Virginia.
Midwest......................................... Illinois, Iowa,
Minnesota, and
Wisconsin.
New England..................................... Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Rhode
Island, and Vermont.
New York State.................................. New York.
Northwestern.................................... Alaska, Idaho,
Montana, Oregon, and
Washington.
Rocky Mountain.................................. Colorado, Nebraska,
New Mexico, North
Dakota, South Dakota,
Utah, and Wyoming.
Southeastern.................................... Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North
Carolina, South
Carolina, and
Tennessee.
Southwest....................................... Louisiana, Oklahoma,
and Texas.
Western......................................... Arizona, California,
Hawaii, and Nevada.
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The TAACs' main responsibilities are:
Assisting firms in preparing their petitions for TAAF.
Firms are not charged for any assistance related to preparing a
petition.
Once a petition has been approved, TAACs work closely with
company management to identify the firm's strengths and weaknesses and
develop a customized Adjustment Proposal designed to stimulate recovery
and growth. The program pays up to 75% of the cost of developing an
Adjustment Proposal and the firm must pay the rest. EDA must approve
all Adjustment Proposals to ensure they conform to statutory and
regulatory requirements.
After an Adjustment Proposal has been approved, company
management and TAAC staff jointly identify consultants with the
specific expertise required to assist the firm. The program pays up to
$75,000 in matching funds for the cost of these consultants when
implementing the Adjustment Proposal. After a competitive procurement
process, the TAAC and the firm generally contract with private
consultants to implement the adjustment plan.
There are three main phases to receiving technical assistance under
the program. The phases are (1) Petitioning for certification, (2)
recovery planning, and (3) project implementation.
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Eligibility to Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance'' and any
supporting documentation. Although a firm may complete a petition and
submit it to EDA on its own, certification specialists within the TAACs
generally work with the firm at no cost to complete and submit a
petition to EDA. Once a petition has been accepted, EDA is required to
make a final determination on a petition within 40 days.\2\
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\2\ As of May 17, 2009, the deadline for making a final
determination is 40 days. Before May 17, 2009 EDA had 60 days to
make a determination.
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Certified firms may then submit an Adjustment Proposal for EDA's
approval. It generally takes EDA between two weeks to one month to make
a final determination on an Adjustment Proposal, depending on the
workflow.
The firm works with consultants to implement projects in an
approved Adjustment Proposal. As projects are implemented and if the
firm is satisfied
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with the work, the firm will first pay their match to the consultant
and then send a notice to the TAAC stating that they are satisfied with
the work and that they have paid their matching share. The TAAC will
then pay the federal matching share. Firms have up to five years from
the date of an Adjustment Proposal's approval to implement it, unless
they receive approval for an extension. Generally, firms complete the
implementation of their Adjustment Proposals over a two-year period.
Data for This Report
Most of the data used in this report were collected from the
petitions for certification and the Adjustment Proposals submitted by
the TAACs on behalf of firms. Data from these sources were recorded
into a central database by Eligibility Reviewers at EDA. Results for
average processing times and the number of approved and denied
petitions and Adjustment Proposal were derived by EDA.
All of the data available for Fiscal Years (FY) 2009 and 2008 were
used for this report. One weakness to the data sets used is that a few
records were incomplete. EDA has identified data collection
deficiencies and plans to train EDA and TAAC staff in order to
eliminate, to the extent possible, problems that result in incomplete
records.
The performance measures in this report were evaluated by looking
at quarterly trends and comparing results for FY 2009 and FY 2008. In
addition, characteristics of the petitioning and certified firms were
aggregated and reported as averages to provide a general profile for
these firms.
Results/Findings
(1) The number of firms that inquired about the program.
Because of the decentralized nature of the TAAF Program, EDA
currently does not collect reliable information on the number of firms
that inquire about the TAA program. EDA is working with the TAACs to
collect this data and will include this measure in the revised
quarterly report submitted by the TAACs to EDA. EDA is expecting to
start collecting this data by the end of December 2009.
(2) The number of petitions filed under section 251.
(3) The number of petitions certified and denied.
(4) The average time for processing petitions.
In FY 2009, there was a 49 percent increase in the number of
petitions received by EDA, a 16 percent increase in the number of
certified firms, and on average the total petition processing time
increased by 17 calendar days, which period is defined as the period
between actual submission of a petition by the TAAC and final
determination, that is certification or rejection, by EDA.
After accepting a petition for filing, EDA has 40 calendar days to
make a final determination. In order to avoid having to reject many of
the petitions, EDA does not consider a petition accepted until all the
necessary information is collected. When considering the duration
between the time of submission and when a final determination is made,
the processing time for petitions increased by 17 days in FY 2009 as
compared to FY 2008. For the average petition, in both FY 2008 and FY
2009 it took 45 days to make a final determination after it had been
accepted for filing under section 251 of the Trade Act.
Exhibit 4--Petitions for Certification FYs 2009 and 2008 Summary Comparison
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Average days
Number of Number of Number of Number of between Average days
FY petitions petitions petitions petitions submission and between
received accepted for certified denied acceptance for acceptance and
filing filing certification
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2009.................................................... 281 247 212 1 28 45
2008.................................................... 188 3 190 183 0 11 45
% Change................................................ 49 30 16 N/A 155 N/A
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\3\ Two of the petitions accepted for filing in FY 2008 were received by EDA in FY 2007.
Exhibit 5--Petitions for Certification by State and TAAC
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FY 2009 Petitions for Certification
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Average days
Number of Number of Number of Number of between Average days
TAAC State petitions petitions petitions petitions submission between
received accepted for certified denied and acceptance and
filing acceptance certification
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IN................... 7 7 7 0
MI................... 13 11 10 0 .............. ..............
OH................... 8 7 5 0 .............. ..............
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Great Lakes...................... Total............. 28 25 22 0 25 43
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AR................... 2 2 2 0 .............. ..............
KS................... 3 2 2 0 .............. ..............
MO................... 13 10 8 0 .............. ..............
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Mid-America...................... Total............. 18 14 12 0 37 49
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DC................... 0 0 0 0 .............. 41
DE................... 0 0 0 0 .............. ..............
MD................... 0 0 0 0 .............. ..............
NJ................... 1 1 4 2 0 .............. ..............
PA................... 22 18 16 0 .............. ..............
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VA................... 1 1 0 0 .............. ..............
WV................... 0 0 0 0 .............. ..............
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Mid-Atlantic.....................
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Total............. 24 20 18 0 32 ..............
IA................... 2 2 1 0 .............. ..............
IL................... 28 27 23 0 .............. ..............
MN................... 8 7 6 0 .............. ..............
WI................... 10 9 6 0 .............. ..............
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Midwest.......................... Total............. 48 45 36 0 26 47
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CT................... 10 9 9 0 .............. ..............
MA................... 28 25 24 0 .............. ..............
ME................... 2 1 1 0 .............. ..............
NH................... 8 8 6 0 .............. ..............
RI................... 8 8 7 0 .............. ..............
VT................... 0 0 0 0 .............. ..............
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New England...................... Total............. 56 51 47 0 24 35
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New York State................... NY Total............. 16 13 11 0 28 46
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AK................... 1 0 0 0 .............. ..............
ID................... 0 0 0 0 .............. ..............
MT................... 2 1 0 0 .............. ..............
OR................... 5 6 5 0 .............. ..............
WA................... 6 5 5 0 .............. ..............
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Northwest........................ Total............. 14 12 10 0 33 31
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CO................... 12 11 11 0 .............. ..............
ND................... 1 1 0 0 .............. ..............
NE................... 0 0 0 0 .............. ..............
NM................... 2 2 2 0 .............. ..............
SD................... 0 0 0 0 .............. ..............
UT................... 4 3 2 0 .............. ..............
WY................... 0 0 0 0 .............. ..............
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Rocky Mountain................... Total............. 19 17 15 0 26 49
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AL................... 0 0 0 0 31 44
FL................... 2 2 2 0 .............. ..............
GA................... 4 4 3 0 .............. ..............
KY................... 0 0 0 0 .............. ..............
MS................... 0 1 0 0 .............. ..............
NC................... 13 11 10 0 .............. ..............
SC................... 0 0 0 0 .............. ..............
TN................... 0 0 0 0 .............. ..............
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Southeastern..................... Total............. 19 18 15 0 31 44
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LA................... 2 1 1 0 .............. ..............
OK................... 12 11 9 1 .............. ..............
TX................... 9 8 7 0 .............. ..............
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Southwest........................ Total............. 23 20 17 1 .............. ..............
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AZ................... 1 1 0 0 .............. ..............
CA................... 15 11 9 0 .............. ..............
HI................... 0 0 0 0 .............. ..............
NV................... 0 0 0 0 .............. ..............
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Western.......................... Total............. 16 12 9 0 44 37
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\4\ One of the petitions certified from FY 2009 was received by EDA in FY 2008.
[[Page 2497]]
(5) The number of petitions filed and firms certified for each
congressional district of the United States.
EDA did not collect the number of petitions filed and certified by
congressional district in FY 2009. EDA has revised Form ED-840P and is
currently undergoing the required Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
analysis. EDA has incorporated this measure into the revised Form ED-
840P, which is currently being submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for PRA clearance. In the interim, TAACs have been
instructed to identify applicants' congressional districts in
supporting documentation submitted with the petition.
(6) The number of firms that received assistance in preparing their
petitions.
Although EDA has not previously recorded whether a petitioning firm
received assistance in preparing their petition, EDA understood that
all firms who submitted petitions through TAACs received assistance
from the respective TAAC. EDA has revised Form ED-840P to more
accurately record whether firms receive assistance and from whom.
Exhibit 6 shows the number of petitions submitted by each TAAC.
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(7) Sales, employment, and productivity at each firm participating
in the program at the time of certification.
For those firms certified in FY 2009, average employment was by six
percent below that for firms certified in FY 2008. Average net sales
were 18 percent below, and average productivity was 14 percent below.
For the purposes of this report, productivity is defined as net sales
per employee. Since the certified firms are in various industries,
which have a variety of ways to measure productivity, sales per
employee was chosen as the productivity measure. This measure is used
because it is simple and can be generally applied to all certified
firms.
Exhibit 7--Summary Comparison of Average Employment, Net Sales, and Productivity for Firms Certified in FYs 2009
and 2008
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Average
Average Average annual productivity at
FY employment at net sales at certification
certification certification (net sales per
employee)
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2009......................................................... 77 $10,715,785 $128,729
2008......................................................... 82 $13,081,993 $149,565
% Change..................................................... (6%) (18%) (14%)
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Exhibit 8--Average Employment, Net Sales, and Productivity for Firms Certified in FY 2009 Classified by State
and TAAC
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Average
Monthly average Averag annual productivity
TAAC State employment net sales (net sales per
employee)
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IN......................... 60 $6,563,817 $90,814
MI......................... 88 13,511,133 169,359
OH......................... 121 21,163,407 163,563
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Great Lakes..................... Average................. 86 13,039,777 143,050
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AR......................... 23 2,462,000 106,279
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KS......................... 114 7,847,500 69,224
MO......................... 159 5,786,387 94,504
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Mid-America..................... Average................. 129 5,575,841 92,253
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DC......................... 0 0 0
DE......................... 0 0 0
MD......................... 0 0 0
NJ......................... 53 6,195,713 115,674
PA......................... 77 9,535,754 125,789
VA......................... 0 0 0
WV......................... 0 0 0
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Mid-Atlantic.................... Average................. 74 9,164,638 124,665
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IA......................... 29 1,365,689 47,093
IL......................... 66 11,027,769 153,625
MN......................... 85 9,328,702 121,189
WI......................... 249 33,110,952 158,130
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Midwest......................... Average................. 99 14,156,731 146,011
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CT......................... 54 8,008,737 116,324
MA......................... 39 6,070,712 146,199
ME......................... 8 405,912 49,501
NH......................... 47 5,468,664 121,973
RI......................... 79 6,903,936 164,784
VT......................... 0 0 0
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New England..................... Average................. 48 6,368,535 138,096
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New York State.................. Average................. 73 9,339,480 108,707
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AK......................... 0 0 0
ID......................... 0 0 0
MT......................... 0 0 0
OR......................... 189 3,229,683 61,458
WA......................... 11 1,500,700 103,599
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Northwestern.................... Average................. 100 2,365,191 82,529
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CO......................... 97 34,035,214 140,439
ND......................... 0 0 0
NE......................... 0 0 0
NM......................... 74 4,408,313 64,871
SD......................... 0 0 0
UT......................... 80 11,181,050 150,881
WY......................... 0 0 0
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Rocky Mountain.................. Average................. 92 27,037,738 131,755
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AL......................... 0 0 0
FL......................... 78 7,084,047 138,109
GA......................... 34 3,183,356 107,743
KY......................... 0 0 0
MS......................... 0 0 0
NC......................... 111 24,225,837 155,842
SC......................... 0 0 0
TN......................... 0 0 0
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Southeastern.................... Average................. 91 17,731,769 143,858
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LA......................... 45 3,121,252 69,361
OK......................... 51 3,689,045 67,355
TX......................... 46 5,504,869 110,700
Average................. 48 4,403,338 85,321
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Southwest....................... AZ......................... 0 0 0
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CA......................... 51 7,904,808 143,021
HI......................... 0 0 0
NV......................... 0 0 0
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Western......................... Average................. 51 7,921,301 143,139
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Exhibit 9 \5\--Average Monthly Employment, Annual Net Sales, and Productivity at Each Firm Certified for the
TAAF Program in FY 2009
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Average monthly
Project No. employment Annual net sales Productivity
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-2141167170............................................... 11 $1,196,902 $108,809
-2121444292............................................... 67 4,006,469 59,798
-2042247253............................................... 122 15,791,636 129,355
-2013118865............................................... 115 3,298,000 28,741
-1988436588............................................... 42 4,101,937 97,665
-1950117994............................................... 19 1,983,347 104,387
-1928548648............................................... 29 3,379,076 116,520
-1902999773............................................... 84 10,028,851 119,391
-1735872532............................................... 86 8,007,271 93,108
-1706525908............................................... 24 3,247,216 138,179
-1643182588............................................... 335 53,848,974 160,743
-1634468345............................................... 5 442,494 88,499
-1546967690............................................... 93 14,127,000 151,773
-1506878533............................................... 203 38,116,000 187,764
-1414666091............................................... 48 8,416,445 175,343
-1399657793............................................... 21 3,327,060 158,431
-1370436615............................................... 52 6,348,965 122,095
-1204293136............................................... 113 1,312,194 11,633
-1178629643............................................... 51 3,523,858 68,691
-1144864381............................................... 113 21,591,273 191,073
-1119666282............................................... 27 2,393,550 89,312
-1097381894............................................... 4 366,266 91,567
-1028400370............................................... 4 712,071 178,018
-976697335................................................ 45 3,575,314 79,451
-976135562................................................ 15 1,693,508 109,968
-889718167................................................ 53 10,400,385 195,606
-887612628................................................ 2 23,036 14,133
-879675653................................................ 158 16,095,224 101,656
-854603118................................................ 23 665,537 29,579
-764521341................................................ 27 4,282,608 161,608
-739225309................................................ 78 6,027,470 77,774
-721946507................................................ 8 405,912 49,501
-707088102................................................ 23 5,357,515 233,748
-701972844................................................ 95 12,076,738 127,567
-641759960................................................ 24 3,274,000 136,417
-632530935................................................ 10 112,451 11,245
-631287923................................................ 35 1,924,226 54,978
-627002970................................................ 21 2,442,947 119,168
-616871455................................................ 15 3,975,576 265,038
-594868995................................................ 85 8,341,277 98,133
-592625918................................................ 58 6,641,978 114,517
-554756768................................................ 93 32,349,000 347,540
-534793263................................................ 17 2,346,672 136,434
-510304974................................................ 218 23,152,444 106,409
-502336347................................................ 75 14,316,003 190,880
-477438887................................................ 31 4,527,483 146,048
-476833060................................................ 178 15,320,292 86,069
-441231945................................................ 174 16,688,000 95,770
-428234294................................................ 69 9,989,294 145,405
-404256669................................................ 80 7,044,108 87,777
-363836427................................................ 37 2,853,566 77,543
-360147020................................................ 61 807,976 13,246
-283996920................................................ 78 9,189,018 118,308
-48958339................................................. 122 43,293,680 354,866
23230469.................................................. 284 59,905,827 210,625
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65254696.................................................. 20 2,463,879 124,753
114629866................................................. 20 2,074,822 104,789
137101191................................................. 15 318,347 21,223
176434616................................................. 101 12,903,834 128,141
246147845................................................. 26 1,935,948 74,460
280418639................................................. 9 3,207,749 341,250
526891792................................................. 39 3,514,280 90,110
540241037................................................. 87 9,939,297 114,905
587994808................................................. 98 17,905,792 182,712
631689182................................................. 35 2,995,661 85,590
639991136................................................. 17 2,949,494 173,500
674278170................................................. 13 836,017 65,570
675284787................................................. 11 2,494,392 220,743
675586291................................................. 223 19,226,471 86,217
712619105................................................. 6 405,088 67,515
717100183................................................. 7 717,780 106,338
726417873................................................. 38 6,404,000 167,425
744959677................................................. 344 42,310,370 122,995
775553880................................................. 17 1,020,236 60,014
819813906................................................. 33 8,930,078 274,772
838593384................................................. 58 950,292 16,384
915263089................................................. 4 346,908 86,727
945015730................................................. 739 111,833 151
962067466................................................. 24 3,227,083 135,024
989234254................................................. 6 358,000 61,407
1082975273................................................ 22 1,650,000 76,142
1211737402................................................ 99 10,494,800 106,115
1218148370................................................ 50 4,085,428 81,709
1220532373................................................ 174 25,421,539 146,101
1221594278................................................ 26 2,622,892 102,457
1221842461................................................ 28 3,202,408 113,039
1221849510................................................ 19 1,514,723 81,524
1222114933................................................ 91 408,844 4,493
1222703402................................................ 36 2,153,350 59,272
1222797758................................................ 20 1,985,109 99,255
1222976955................................................ 33 5,407,901 163,876
1224271418................................................ 49 7,677,627 156,686
1224872688................................................ 103 13,265,206 128,788
1225120776................................................ 28 4,903,000 175,107
1225133741................................................ 137 13,773,487 100,720
1225201275................................................ 326 50,549,619 155,060
1225287691................................................ 292 48,371,484 165,656
1225810350................................................ 12 749,609 62,467
1227042607................................................ 3 195,253 65,084
1227289294................................................ 113 12,397,000 109,708
1227543460................................................ 888 103,961 117
1227630320................................................ 53 6,328,130 119,399
1227877017................................................ 8 2,468,000 300,976
1228925679................................................ 1 172,826 216,033
1229617894................................................ 58 4,103,785 70,270
1229708794................................................ 47 6,561,310 139,602
1230052412................................................ 19 2,156,922 115,343
1230750559................................................ 28 3,825,907 136,640
1231186429................................................ 26 2,951,829 113,532
1231426311................................................ 19 2,475,523 130,291
1232040671................................................ 51 2,773,358 54,486
1232739420................................................ 71 26,183,448 367,745
1232999637................................................ 4 261,470 65,368
1233087150................................................ 167 8,650,171 51,797
1233153258................................................ 89 25,373,011 285,090
1233239620................................................ 11 660,126 57,906
1233327674................................................ 60 8,141,100 135,685
1233338572................................................ 46 5,741,356 124,812
1233673084................................................ 78 13,219,682 169,483
1233691704................................................ 147 7,407,619 50,392
1233760561................................................ 88 22,565,731 257,306
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