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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554
December
10, 2002
Newgen Results Coporation Newgen Results
Corporation
10243 Genetic Center Drive 12680 High Bluff
Drive, Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92121 San Diego, CA 92121
Attn: Leslie Silver, President/CEO Attn: Leslie Silver,
President/CEO
Alan Thiessen, Director Teleservices
Alan Thiessen, Director Teleservices
Newgen Results Corporation TeleTech Holdings,
Inc.1
1247 Highfield Drive 9197 South Peoria
Street
Lawrenceville, GA 30043-4679 Englewood, CO 80112
Attn: Leslie Silver, President/CEO Attn: Kenneth
Tuchman, Chairman/CEO
Alan Thiessen, Director Teleservices
Sharon O'Leary, Senior Vice President
Ernest Gibson, Manager &
General Counsel
RE: EB-02-TC-259
Dear Correspondents:
This is an official CITATION, issued pursuant to section
503(b)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the
Act), for violations of the Federal Communications Commission's
rules that govern telephone solicitation.2
It has come to our attention that your company, or an entity
acting on behalf of your company, delivered a telephone
solicitation to a residential telephone line despite a previous
do-not-call request by a member of the household. Section
64.1200(e) of the Commission's rules requires entities that make
telephone solicitations to residential telephone subscribers to
follow certain procedures to ensure that the subscribers are able
to stop such solicitation calls. Specifically, entities that
advertise through telephone solicitation must (1) develop written
policies for maintaining a do-not-call list and make such written
policies available upon demand; (2) inform and train their
personnel engaged in any aspect of telephone solicitation about
the existence and use of the do-not-call list; (3) place
consumers who request not to receive telephone solicitations on
the do-not-call list; and (4) honor each do-not-call request for
ten years from the time the request is made.3 In addition, the
Commission has found that it is unlawful to call a residential
telephone line to deliver a telephone solicitation if any member
of the household has made a do-not-call request.4
Under the Act and the Commission's rules, a telephone
solicitation is ``the initiation of a telephone call or message
for the purpose of encouraging the purchase or rental of, or
investment in, property, goods, or services, which is transmitted
to any person;'' calls that are made either by tax-exempt
nonprofit organizations or to any person who has provided prior
express invitation or permission to call or has an established
business relationship with the caller are not considered
telephone solicitations.5
The attached information provided to the Commission
indicates that your company failed to honor a do-not-call request
that was made by or on behalf of a residential telephone
subscriber who does not have an established business relationship
with your company and did not expressly invite or authorize the
call. That action violates section 64.1200(e)(2)(vi) of the
Commission's rules.
Subsequent violations of the Commission's rules and orders
of the type described herein may result in the imposition of
monetary forfeitures not to exceed $11,000 for each such
violation or each day of a continuing violation.6
Pursuant to section 503(b)(5) of the Communications Act, you
may request a personal interview with a Commission agent located
nearest to your place of business. You should be prepared to
discuss when your company recorded the do-not-call request(s)
referenced in the attached consumer correspondence and why your
company failed to honor such request(s). You also will be
expected to discuss your procedures for training your company's
telephone solicitors as to do-not-call responsibilities, and to
specify what steps your company has taken to ensure future
compliance with the Commission's do-not-call rules. Finally, you
must supply a copy of your company's written do-not-call policy
as required by section 64.1200(e)(2)(i) of the Commission's
rules. You may contact an agent in San Diego, California;
Denver, Colorado; or Atlanta, Georgia at (858) 496-5111, (303)
231-5212, or (770) 935-3370, respectively to arrange for an
interview. You must schedule the interview to take place within
21 days of the date of this citation. Alternatively, you may
submit a written statement addressing the specified topics, and
attaching your company's written do-not-call policy, to the
following address within 21 days of the date of this citation:
Kurt A. Schroeder
Deputy Chief
Telecommunications Consumers Division
Enforcement Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
445 - 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
You should reference EB-02-TC-259 when corresponding with the
Commission.
As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. §
552(a)(e)(3), you are hereby notified that the Commission's staff
will use all relevant material information to determine what, if
any, enforcement action is required to ensure your compliance
with the Commission's rules. This will include any information
that you disclose in your interview or written statement. If you
choose not to respond to this citation and a Notice of Forfeiture
is issued, your unresponsiveness will be considered in our
assessment of a forfeiture amount.
Finally, you should be aware that the knowing and willful
making of any false statement or the concealment of any material
fact in reply to this citation is punishable by fine or
imprisonment under 18 U.S.C. § 1001.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.
Sincerely,
Kurt A. Schroeder
Deputy Chief
Telecommunications Consumers
Division
Enforcement Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
Enclosures
_________________________
1 The Telecommunications Consumers Division has obtained
information which indicates that Newgen Results Corporation is a
wholly owned subsidiary of TeleTech Holdings, Inc.
2 47 U.S.C. § 227; 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200.
3 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(e).
4 Consumer.Net v. AT&T, Order, 15 FCC Rcd 281, 298 (1999).
5 47 U.S.C. § 227(a)(3); 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(f)(3).
6 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(b)(3).