2001

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December

• Draw Down of Funds From GAPS to Be Suspended in January  ( December 20, 2001 )
• Prepaid Tuition Plans - IRS Releases Recordkeeping Guidance  ( December 13, 2001 )
• IRS Publishes Guidance on Prepaid Tuition Plans  ( December 13, 2001 )
• Music Licenses Up for Renewal  ( December 3, 2001 )
• ED Revises New Perkins Promissory Notes  ( December 3, 2001 )

November

• Bush to Nominate Stroup to Higher Ed Post  ( November 21, 2001 )
• ED Approves New Perkins Promissory Notes  ( November 21, 2001 )

October

• NACUBO Responds to AICPA SOP on Accounting for PP&E  ( October 25, 2001 )
• NWF Issues Report Card on Environmental Performance  ( October 25, 2001 )
• NACUBO Responds To AICPA SOP On Accounting For PP&E  ( October 25, 2001 )
• Colleges and Universities to Share $70 Million in Asbestos Settlement  ( October 12, 2001 )
• FCC Lets Colleges Keep Their Broadcast Frequencies  ( October 11, 2001 )
• IRS Field Memorandum Sheds Light on Exclusive Provider Agreements  ( October 11, 2001 )
• IRS Announces New Closing Agreement Program for Bonds  ( October 11, 2001 )

September

• HHS Issues Student Aid Guidance in Response to Terrorist Attacks  ( September 27, 2001 )
• Recent Terrorist Attacks Prompt Three DC Letters from ED  ( September 27, 2001 )
• Cohort Default Rates Reach Historic Low  ( September 27, 2001 )
• ED Announces 2001-2002 Fiscal Management Training  ( September 27, 2001 )
• Athletic Data Due to ED by October 30  ( September 13, 2001 )
• Survey on Affiliated Organizations ED Now Available; Responses Due September 28  ( September 12, 2001 )

August

• GASB Issues Affiliated Organizations Exposure Draft; Comments Due October 31  ( August 30, 2001 )
• FCC Sets October 1 as Deadline for Implementing Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS)  ( August 29, 2001 )
• ED Issues Long-awaited Report on Student Aid and Nontraditional Programs  ( August 29, 2001 )
• ED Mails Letters Concerning Balances in GAPS  ( August 10, 2001 )
• ED Wants Your Crime Data  ( August 10, 2001 )

July

• AICPA Issues Proposed Statement of Position on Accounting for PP&E  ( July 19, 2001 )
• ED's E-Sign Enables Paperless Student Loan Process  ( July 19, 2001 )
• AICPA Issues Proposed Statement of Position on Accounting for PP&E  ( July 19, 2001 )
• Early Retirement Payments to Tenured Faculty Not Subject to FICA  ( July 5, 2001 )

June

May

• Hansen Sworn In as Deputy Secretary of Education  ( May 29, 2001 )
• NSF Requires Electronic Signatures  ( May 24, 2001 )
• National Institutes of Health Issues Compliance Report  ( May 24, 2001 )
• ITFS Update  ( May 16, 2001 )
• ED Issues Voluntary Standards for E-Signatures  ( May 9, 2001 )
• Fed Up With Federal Student Aid Regulations  ( May 9, 2001 )
• IRS Summer Plans: Auditing Organizations with Section 403(b) Plans and 457 Arrangements  ( May 9, 2001 )

April

• MIT Reaches Agreement with EPA; New Environmental Projects Underway  ( April 23, 2001 )
• Paige Addresses Past Mismanagment and Fraud at ED  ( April 23, 2001 )
• IRS Looking for Comments on Form 990  ( April 10, 2001 )

March

• Bush Seeks to Fill Top ED Posts  ( March 15, 2001 )
• NACUBO Quick Assessment Survey: 1098-T Reporting Requirements  ( March 15, 2001 )
• ED Seeks Comments on Electronic Records  ( March 5, 2001 )

February

• NACUBO, Congressman Manzullo, and Others Testify at IRS Hearing on 1098-T Reporting   ( February 13, 2001 )
• ED Releases FY 1999 Draft Cohort Default Rates  ( February 9, 2001 )
• FCC Extends Numbering Reservation to 180 Days  ( February 8, 2001 )
• FCC Seeks Comments on ITFS Spectrum  ( February 5, 2001 )
• IRS Publishes Long Awaited VCAP Program  ( February 5, 2001 )

January

• ED Issues Guidance on the Return of Title IV Funds  ( January 2, 2001 )