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Group, including workers off-site from
various states in the United States reporting
to Armonk, New York, Armonk, New York
(TA–W–73,218), and all workers of
International Business Machines Corporation
(IBM), Web Strategy and Enablement
Organization, including workers off-site from
various states in the United States reporting
to Armonk, New York, Armonk, New York
(TA–W–73,218A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or
after January 6, 2009, through May 14, 2012,
and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment
on May 14, 2010 through May 14, 2012, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended.’’
Signed in Washington, DC this 25th day of
July, 2011.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011–19579 Filed 8–2–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–71,450]
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Hewlett Packard Company, Imaging
and Printing Group, World Wide
Product Data Management Operations,
Including On-Site Leased Workers
From Manpower Professional, Now
Known As Experis, Boise, IH;
Amended Certification Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (‘‘Act’’),
19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor
issued a Certification of Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on May 11, 2010, applicable
to workers of Hewlett Packard
Company, Imaging and Printing Group,
World Wide Products Data Management
Operations, Boise, Idaho and Fort
Collins, Colorado. The workers
developed, prototyped and tested
hardware, firmware, and software. The
notice was published in the Federal
Register on May 28, 2010 (75 FR 30067).
At the request of the State agency, the
Department reviewed the certification
for workers of the subject firm. The
company reports that workers leased
from Manpower Professional, now
known as Experis, were employed onsite at the Boise, Idaho location of
Hewlett Packard Company, Imaging and
Printing Group, World Wide Product
Data Management Operations. The
Department has determined that these
workers were sufficiently under the
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control of Hewlett Packard Company,
Imaging and Printing Group, World
Wide Product Data Management
Operations to be considered leased
workers.
Based on these findings, the
Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased
from Manpower Professional, now
known as Experis, working on-site at the
Boise, Idaho location of Hewlett Packard
Company, Imaging and Printing Group,
World Wide Product Data Management
Operations.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–71,450 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Hewlett Packard Company,
Imaging and Printing Group, World Wide
Product Data Management Operations,
including on-site leased workers from
Manpower Professional, now known as
Experis, Boise, Idaho (TA–W–71,450), and
Hewlett Packard Company, Imaging and
Printing Group, World Wide Product Data
Management Operations, Fort Collins,
Colorado (TA–W–71,450A), who became
totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 24, 2008,
through May 11, 2012, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of
certification through May 11, 2012, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended.
Signed in Washington, DC this 22nd day of
July, 2011.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011–19578 Filed 8–2–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–75,090]
Wausau Daily Herald, Advertising
Production Division, a Subsidiary of
Gannett Co., Inc.,Wausau, WI; Notice
of Negative Determination on
Reconsideration
On March 18, 2011, the Department
issued an Affirmative Determination
Regarding Application for
Reconsideration regarding workers’
eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) applicable to workers
and former workers of Wausau Daily
Herald, Advertising Production
Division, a Subsidiary of Gannett Co.,
Inc., Wausau, Wisconsin (subject firm).
The Department’s Notice was published
in the Federal Register on March 29,
2011 (76 FR 17446). Workers were
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engaged in employment related to the
supply of graphic design services for
newspaper advertisements.
The initial investigation resulted in a
negative determination based on the
findings that, during the relevant
period, the subject firm did not shift to/
acquire from a foreign country services
like or directly competitive with the
graphic design work supplied at the
subject firm, or import these services
from a foreign country. The Department
collected information that revealed that
worker group separations at the subject
firm were attributable to a domestic
shift of operations.
In the March 1, 2011 request for
reconsideration, the petitioner alleged
that ‘‘ads submitted to 2SdPro, India’’
demonstrate that ‘‘Gannett is
outsourcing ads in order to reduce the
workforce.’’ The petitioner also asserts
that attachments to the petition support
the allegation of a shift of services to
India. Several of the attachments are
printouts of articles from
Gannettoid.com, which is a Web site
that is not affiliated with Gannett
Company, Inc.
The petition attachments consist of:
• A January 4, 2011 letter from the
petitioner that states, in part, ‘‘in April
of 2010’’ a portion of all online ads were
sent to 2Adpro, that the ‘‘consolidation
enables Gannett to eliminate all graphic
artist positions at all Gannett daily
newspapers (10 sites in Wisconsin) by
outsourcing ads, and that the ‘‘ad
centers in Des Moines, IA and
Indianapolis, IN are centers in which all
the ads flow through * * * then * * *
sent to 2AdPro in India’’;
• An August 5, 2010 separation
notification letter;
• A document titled ‘‘Articles
explaining Gannett action in reducing
Ad Services Staff in all Gannett sites in
the U.S.’’;
• A November 23, 2009 ‘‘Gannettoid’’
article titled ‘‘Tentative rollout schedule
set for GPCs’’;
• An August 20, 2009 ‘‘Gannettoid’’
article titled ‘‘Ad Centers lead to cuts,
big savings’’;
• A September 2, 2009 ‘‘Gannettoid’’
article titled ‘‘Company confirms RABC
reports’’;
• An August 27, 2009 ‘‘Gannettoid’’
article titled ‘‘When will GCI confirm
consolidation?’’;
• An August 17, 2009 ‘‘Gannettoid’’
article titled ‘‘Ad production plans
include layoffs’’;
• A December 8, 2010 press release
from Gannett;
• A June 6, 2008 article on https://
ashvegas.squarespace.com titled
‘‘Citizen-Times outsourcing jobs to
India?’’;
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• Screenshots of a ‘‘job order list’’
from ‘‘Zaapro Jobdirect’’ with a
handwritten note ‘‘ads sent to 2AdPro
India while still working at Wausau
Daily Herald. From Wausau to India’’
(referenced in the January 4, 2011
letter);
• A list of newspapers or Gannett
affiliates, with contact information
(referenced in the January 4, 2011
letter); and
• An undated ‘‘Gannettoid’’ article
titled ‘‘Tracking layoffs’’ with a
handwritten note ‘‘See page 10 for
Wisconsin.’’
During the reconsideration
investigation, the Department carefully
reviewed information previously
submitted from Gannett Co., Inc. and
the petitioning worker group as well as
information provided in the request for
reconsideration and additional
information submitted by the State of
Wisconsin Dislocated Worker Program
case manager assigned to the petitioner.
During the reconsideration
investigation, the Department also
collected new information from Gannett
Co., Inc. regarding domestic and foreign
operations in order to address the
allegations and obtained clarification of
previously-submitted information.
A careful review of previouslysubmitted information revealed that
2AdPro (an advertising firm located in
India) handled an insignificant amount
of overflow work for the subject firm
and that the work that was transferred
from the subject worker group in
October 2010 was shifted to the Gannett
Production Center and not to 2AdPro
and that the plan to create the Gannett
Production Center (GPC) dates back to
October 2007.
Information obtained during the
reconsideration investigation confirmed
that workers and former workers of
Wausau Daily Herald, Advertising
Production Division, a Subsidiary of
Gannett Co., Inc., Wausau, Wisconsin
(subject worker group) performed
advertising production work on
computers for print and on-line
publications, that advertising
publication at the subject firm was
consolidated into a Gannett corporate
operation located in Des Moines, Iowa
and Indianapolis, India in October 2010,
that the corporate operation is known as
the Gannett Production Center (GPC),
and that workers who chose not to
transfer to the GPC were separated.
New information obtained during the
reconsideration investigation revealed
that the contract between Gannett Co.,
Inc. and 2AdPro existed from September
2006 through March 2011 and that
2AdPro handled an insignificant
amount of advertising production work
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outsourced from the subject facility
prior to the consolidation of operations
to the GPC.
Based on a careful review of
information obtained during the initial
and reconsideration investigations, the
Department determines that neither a
shift to a foreign country by the subject
firm of services like or directly
competitive with the graphic design
work supplied by workers at the subject
firm nor a foreign acquisition by the
subject firm of such services,
contributed importantly to subject
worker group separations. Additionally,
the subject firm did not increase imports
of services like or directly competitive
with those supplied by the subject
worker group. Rather, worker
separations at the subject firm in the
period under investigation were
attributable to a consolidation of
domestic operations.
Conclusion
After careful reconsideration, I affirm
the original notice of negative
determination of eligibility to apply for
worker adjustment assistance for
workers and former workers of Wausau
Daily Herald, Advertising Production
Division, a Subsidiary of Gannett Co.,
Inc., Wausau, Wisconsin.
Signed in Washington, DC this 20th day of
July, 2011.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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ADMINISTRATION
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Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
NARA is giving public notice
that the agency proposes to request
extension of a currently approved
information collection used by
individuals applying for a research card
which is needed to use original archival
records in a National Archives and
Records Administration facility. The
public is invited to comment on the
proposed information collection
pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before October 3, 2011 to
be assured of consideration.
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(NHP), Room 4400, National Archives
and Records Administration, 8601
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electronically mailed to
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ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the proposed information
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should be directed to Tamee Fechhelm
at telephone number 301–837–1694, or
fax number 301–713–7409.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13), NARA invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on proposed
information collections. The comments
and suggestions should address one or
more of the following points: (a)
Whether the proposed information
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of NARA;
(b) the accuracy of NARA’s estimate of
the burden of the proposed information
collection; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
information technology; and (e) whether
small businesses are affected by this
collection. The comments that are
submitted will be summarized and
included in the NARA request for Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval. All comments will become a
matter of public record. In this notice,
NARA is soliciting comments
concerning the following information
collection:
Title: Researcher Application.
OMB number: 3095–0016.
Agency form number: NA Form
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Type of review: Regular.
Affected public: Individuals or
households, business or other for-profit,
not-for-profit institutions, Federal, State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Estimated number of respondents:
18,487.
Estimated time per response: 8
minutes.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
2,465 hours.
Abstract: The information collection
is prescribed by 36 CFR 1254.8. The
collection is an application for a
research card. Respondents are
individuals who wish to use original
archival records in a NARA facility.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-75,090]
Wausau Daily Herald, Advertising Production Division, a
Subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc.,Wausau, WI; Notice of Negative
Determination on Reconsideration
On March 18, 2011, the Department issued an Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration regarding
workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
applicable to workers and former workers of Wausau Daily Herald,
Advertising Production Division, a Subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc.,
Wausau, Wisconsin (subject firm). The Department's Notice was published
in the Federal Register on March 29, 2011 (76 FR 17446). Workers were
engaged in employment related to the supply of graphic design services
for newspaper advertisements.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination
based on the findings that, during the relevant period, the subject
firm did not shift to/acquire from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with the graphic design work supplied at the
subject firm, or import these services from a foreign country. The
Department collected information that revealed that worker group
separations at the subject firm were attributable to a domestic shift
of operations.
In the March 1, 2011 request for reconsideration, the petitioner
alleged that ``ads submitted to 2SdPro, India'' demonstrate that
``Gannett is outsourcing ads in order to reduce the workforce.'' The
petitioner also asserts that attachments to the petition support the
allegation of a shift of services to India. Several of the attachments
are printouts of articles from Gannettoid.com, which is a Web site that
is not affiliated with Gannett Company, Inc.
The petition attachments consist of:
A January 4, 2011 letter from the petitioner that states,
in part, ``in April of 2010'' a portion of all online ads were sent to
2Adpro, that the ``consolidation enables Gannett to eliminate all
graphic artist positions at all Gannett daily newspapers (10 sites in
Wisconsin) by outsourcing ads, and that the ``ad centers in Des Moines,
IA and Indianapolis, IN are centers in which all the ads flow through *
* * then * * * sent to 2AdPro in India'';
An August 5, 2010 separation notification letter;
A document titled ``Articles explaining Gannett action in
reducing Ad Services Staff in all Gannett sites in the U.S.'';
A November 23, 2009 ``Gannettoid'' article titled
``Tentative rollout schedule set for GPCs'';
An August 20, 2009 ``Gannettoid'' article titled ``Ad
Centers lead to cuts, big savings'';
A September 2, 2009 ``Gannettoid'' article titled
``Company confirms RABC reports'';
An August 27, 2009 ``Gannettoid'' article titled ``When
will GCI confirm consolidation?'';
An August 17, 2009 ``Gannettoid'' article titled ``Ad
production plans include layoffs'';
A December 8, 2010 press release from Gannett;
A June 6, 2008 article on https://ashvegas.squarespace.com
titled ``Citizen-Times outsourcing jobs to India?'';
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Screenshots of a ``job order list'' from ``Zaapro
Jobdirect'' with a handwritten note ``ads sent to 2AdPro India while
still working at Wausau Daily Herald. From Wausau to India''
(referenced in the January 4, 2011 letter);
A list of newspapers or Gannett affiliates, with contact
information (referenced in the January 4, 2011 letter); and
An undated ``Gannettoid'' article titled ``Tracking
layoffs'' with a handwritten note ``See page 10 for Wisconsin.''
During the reconsideration investigation, the Department carefully
reviewed information previously submitted from Gannett Co., Inc. and
the petitioning worker group as well as information provided in the
request for reconsideration and additional information submitted by the
State of Wisconsin Dislocated Worker Program case manager assigned to
the petitioner.
During the reconsideration investigation, the Department also
collected new information from Gannett Co., Inc. regarding domestic and
foreign operations in order to address the allegations and obtained
clarification of previously-submitted information.
A careful review of previously-submitted information revealed that
2AdPro (an advertising firm located in India) handled an insignificant
amount of overflow work for the subject firm and that the work that was
transferred from the subject worker group in October 2010 was shifted
to the Gannett Production Center and not to 2AdPro and that the plan to
create the Gannett Production Center (GPC) dates back to October 2007.
Information obtained during the reconsideration investigation
confirmed that workers and former workers of Wausau Daily Herald,
Advertising Production Division, a Subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc.,
Wausau, Wisconsin (subject worker group) performed advertising
production work on computers for print and on-line publications, that
advertising publication at the subject firm was consolidated into a
Gannett corporate operation located in Des Moines, Iowa and
Indianapolis, India in October 2010, that the corporate operation is
known as the Gannett Production Center (GPC), and that workers who
chose not to transfer to the GPC were separated.
New information obtained during the reconsideration investigation
revealed that the contract between Gannett Co., Inc. and 2AdPro existed
from September 2006 through March 2011 and that 2AdPro handled an
insignificant amount of advertising production work outsourced from the
subject facility prior to the consolidation of operations to the GPC.
Based on a careful review of information obtained during the
initial and reconsideration investigations, the Department determines
that neither a shift to a foreign country by the subject firm of
services like or directly competitive with the graphic design work
supplied by workers at the subject firm nor a foreign acquisition by
the subject firm of such services, contributed importantly to subject
worker group separations. Additionally, the subject firm did not
increase imports of services like or directly competitive with those
supplied by the subject worker group. Rather, worker separations at the
subject firm in the period under investigation were attributable to a
consolidation of domestic operations.
Conclusion
After careful reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of
negative determination of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance for workers and former workers of Wausau Daily Herald,
Advertising Production Division, a Subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc.,
Wausau, Wisconsin.
Signed in Washington, DC this 20th day of July, 2011.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011-19582 Filed 8-2-11; 8:45 am]
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