FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Small Businesses Dock in "Safe Harbor" With New Software

Meridian, MS - November 12, 2003 - Tarver Program Consultants, Inc., a company that specializes in the development of customized interface software, announces the release of their latest software product: Call List Scrubber. This software program gives small businesses and telemarketing companies the ability to quickly and easily scrub contact databases and call lists against the National Do Not Call Registry.

On October 1, 2003, the Federal Trade Commission began enforcing the Telemarketing Sale Rule that requires businesses to download lists of consumer telephone numbers that have been registered with the National Do Not Call Registry. Consumers who do not wish to receive telemarketing sales calls can log on to https://www.donotcall.gov and register their telephone number with the FTC. Telemarketers and businesses must update their call lists at least once every 90 days or face fines up to $11,000 per incident if they call numbers that have been registered on the National Do Not Call lists.

Call List Scrubber software allows users to import the FTC's Do Not Call lists as well as maintaining internal company do not call lists. Users can then import contact databases and call lists then compare the telephone numbers on those lists against their stored Do Not Call Lists. Telephone numbers on the Do Not Call lists are then removed automatically and a report documenting the scrubbing process is then printed. Call List Scrubber tracks the dates the FTC Do Not Call lists are updated and notifies the user whenever those lists are over 90 days old. 

Call List Scrubber can process call list files with up to 1 billion separate lines with up to 254 phone numbers per line. A telemarketer or business that downloaded the entire National Do Not Call Registry could easily store the complete list of over 50 million telephone numbers and use those numbers to scrub each and every phone number on their call lists or stored in their contact database. 

The Telemarketing Sales Rule offers a "Safe Harbor" against fines for businesses who regularly scrub their call lists and can provide documentation. This safe harbor gives businesses protection if a complaint is lodged against them for accidentally calling a telephone number on the Do No Call Registry. Businesses should always ask for professional legal advice in this situation, but Call List Scrubber can give businesses a great tool for meeting the requirements of the safe harbor clause. For more information on the "Safe Harbor Clause" click here:

 http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/dncbizalrt.htm#compliance.

More information on Call List Scrubber can be found at http://www.dontphoneme.com. Tarver Program Consultants, Inc. can be contacted at (601) 483-4404 or email: sales@dontphoneme.com.