DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,716

TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on February 20, 2001, and
filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Toshiba
America Information Systems, Inc., Irvine, California. The
workers produce notebook computers, desktop computers and
servers.
This investigation revealed that sales, employment and
production declined during the period of this investigation.
Further findings of the investigation revealed that the
subject firm is increasingly relying on purchases of notebook
computers, desktop computers and servers from abroad.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with notebook computers, desktop computers
and servers produced at Toshiba America Information Systems,
Inc., Irvine, California, contributed importantly to the decline
in sales or production and to the total or partial separation of
workers of the subject firm. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.,
Irvine, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 9, 2000,
through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 9th day of March, 2001.



/s/ Linda G. Poole


LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance