EXHIBIT 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (File No. 333-37865, No. 333-82933, No. 33-91194, No. 333-77417, No. 333-43391, No. 33-59256, No. 333-73106 and No. 333-73092) on Form S-8 ofinfoUSA Inc. of our reports dated March 9, 2005, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets ofinfoUSA Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004, and related financial statement schedule, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, which reports appear in the December 31, 2004 annual report on Form 10-K ofinfoUSA Inc.
Our report dated March 9, 2005, on management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, express our opinion thatinfoUSA Inc. did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004 because of the effect of material weaknesses on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria and contains explanatory paragraphs that state that there were an insufficient depth of accounting resources and insufficient policies and procedures governing the valuation of cost method investments.
Omaha, Nebraska
March 14, 2005