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 NEWS  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 For  Immediate  Release:  News  Media  Contact:  December  23,  2004  Rosemary  Kimball  at  (202)  418-  0511 
 e-  mail:  rosemary.  kimball@  fcc.  gov 
 EFFICIENCY  OF  NATIONAL  DO-  NOT-  CALL  LIST  IMPROVED 
 Washington,  DC  –  Effective  January  1,  2005,  telemarketers  will  have  to  scrub  their  contact  lists  against  the  national  do-  not-  call  registry  every  31  days,  rather 
 than  every  three  months,  as  had  been  the  case  since  the  do-  not-  call  list  was  established  in  2003. 


 As  a  result,  the  lag  time  between  a  consumer’s  putting  a  number  on  the  do-not-  call  list  and  cessation  of  telemarketing  calls  to  that  consumer’s  number  has  been  cut 
 by  two  thirds. 
 The  change  was  adopted  in  an  FCC  order  released  September  21,  2004,  and  reflects  changes  also  made  in  the  Federal  Trade  Commission’s  rules. 


 The  national  do-  not-  call  list  has  been  an  overwhelmingly  popular  initiative  with  more  than  69  million  numbers  registered  since  it  was  instituted  in  October  2003. 
 Phone  numbers  can  be  added  to  the  do-  not-  call  registry  at  www.  donotcall.  gov. 
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 For  further  information,  contact  Erica  H.  McMahon,  Consumer  Policy  Division,  Consumer  &  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  2512. 
 CG  Docket  No.  02-  278 
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