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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  04-  437  February  20,  2004 
 Consent  Order  Issued  in  EB  Docket  No.  03-  85 
 In  a  Consent  Order,  FCC  04M-  08,  released  February  20,  2004,  Chief  Administrative  Law  Judge  Richard  L.  Sippel  adopted  a  “Consent  Decree”  entered  into  by  Business  Options,  Inc.  (“  BOI”)  and  the 
 Enforcement  Bureau  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission. 
 By  Order  to  Show  Cause  and  Notice  of  Opportunity  for  Hearing,  18  FCC  Rcd  6881  (released  April  7,  2003),  the  Commission  designated  this  case  for  hearing.  Issues  were  specified  to  determine 
 whether  the  Companies  engaged  in  a  misleading  and  continuous  telemarketing  campaign  in  apparent  violation  of  Section  201(  b)  of  the  Communications  Act,  whether  the  Companies’  authorization  pursuant  to 
 Section  214  of  the  Act  to  operate  as  common  carriers  should  be  revoked,  and  whether  the  Companies  and/  or  their  principals  should  be  ordered  to  cease  and  desist  from  the  provision  of  any  interstate  common  carrier 
 services  without  the  prior  consent  of  the  Commission.  In  addition,  a  monetary  forfeiture  could  have  been  imposed  against  the  Companies  had  it  been  shown  that  certain  provisions  of  the  Act  or  the  Commission’s 
 Rules  were  violated. 
 In  the  Consent  Order,  the  Chief  Administrative  Law  Judge  concluded  that  the  public  interest  would  be  served  by  the  approval  of  the  “Consent  Decree.”  Thus,  it  was  found  that  the  “Consent  Decree” 
 will  secure  the  future  compliance  with  the  law  by  the  Companies  and  their  principals,  in  exchange  for  the  prompt  disposition  of  the  hearing  proceeding.  In  view  thereof,  the  “Consent  Decree”  was  adopted,  the 
 issues  specified  by  the  Commission  were  resolved,  the  record  was  closed,  and  subject  to  any  Commission  review,  the  proceeding  was  terminated. 


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