Industry Electronic Resources

Electronic Common Manual
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation (TG) is pleased to announce distribution of the latest version of the Electronic Common Manual (ECM). This ECM has the same useful features as the previous version, including automated find and full-text search capabilities, preset bookmark and thumbnail images, fully functional index, and ability to print any document in black and white or in color.

Unlike many software products whose licensing agreements prohibit multi-installations, ECM may be installed on as many computers as needed within the user's organization. Because of this feature, TG will send only one set of diskettes to each location of TG's participating schools and lenders.

TG customers receive this tool, on request, free of charge, in either Windows 95 or Windows 3.1. The new ECM completely replaces the version that TG distributed in 1998. Note: If your computer does not currently have Adobe Acrobat Reader, or has a version prior to 3.0, you will first need to install or upgrade the Adobe Reader before installing ECM. The Adobe Acrobat Reader is free and is available for downloading onto your computer by accessing the Adobe web page at www.adobe.com. Before installing the new ECM, be sure to delete the previous version from your system (except for the Acrobat Reader version 3.0), as the new version will not simply override the previous version. To place your ECM diskettes order, contact TG Customer Support at (800) 252-9743, ext. 4444, or send an e-mail message to customer.services@tgslc.org. Please include the name of your institution, contact name, address and phone number.

NCHELP InfoPak CD-ROM
The National Council of Higher Education Loan Program (NCHELP) has released a new edition of its InfoPak CD-ROM. The Common Manual section has been updated with the 1999-2000 reprint of the Common Manual and bulletins. The CommonLine section now includes CommonLine Release 3 and 4 documentation. Presentations on Administrative Wage Garnishment and Common Claim Initiative have been added to the Training Materials section.

This edition contains several new documents in the Reference Materials section, such as a series of reports from the Department of Education's (ED) Office of Inspector General and the General Accounting Office that relate to financial aid and documents that focus on reauthorization issues, including:

• Public Law 105-244 (the 1998 Amendments to the Higher Education Act),
• The HEA of 1965, as amended through October 7, 1998,
• Related ED Dear Colleague letters,
• A summary of negotiated rulemaking,
• A draft of the proposed regulations,
• Reauthorization House and Senate bills as introduced and,
• The committee and conference reports.

The InfoPak indexed reference collection can be used with personal computers or over networks. TG will provide a copy of the NCHELP InfoPak CD-ROM free of charge to schools that are interested in obtaining this useful tool. To place your order, contact TG Customer Support at (800) 252-9743, ext. 4444, or send an e-mail message to customer.services@tgslc.org. Please include the name of your school, contact name, address, and phone number. NCHELP member lenders may order directly from NCHELP at www.NCHELP.org.