DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,657

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
NETWORK PRODUCTS DIVISION
FORT COLLINS, COLORADO

Negative Determination 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
eligibility 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated January 28, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by employees at Agilent
Technologies, Network Products Division, Fort Collins, Colorado.
The affected workers produced integrated circuits for storage
networking (telecom products).
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import integrated circuits for storage networking (telecom
products).
The investigation further revealed that the reduction in
employment as the subject firm is in part attributable to the
over supply of telecom products.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers Agilent
Technologies, Network Products Division, Fort Collins, Colorado,
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 23rd day of May, 2002


/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance