DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,908

SMARTFOCUS US INC.
FORMERLLY KNOWN AS PIVOTLINK
BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 17, 2019, by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers and former workers of Smartfocus US Inc., formerly
known as PivotLink, Bellevue, Washington (Smartfocus). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
business intelligence software services. The worker group does
not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, the Department
collected information from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country the supply of services
like or directly competitive with the business intelligence
software services supplied by the workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Smartfocus.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Smartfocus, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of business
intelligence software services, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"Workers of Smartfocus US Inc., formerly known as
PivotLink, Bellevue, Washington, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 12,
2018, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of certification
through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2
of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 12th day of July 2019.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance