| PublicationDate: 4/14/98 Summary: Discontinuing the OPEnet Bulletin Board Author: TIV/WAN - Title IV Wan Customer Service Posted April 30, 1998 TO: All Title IV WAN Destination Points FROM: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RE: Discontinuing the OPEnet Bulletin Board DATE: April 14, 1998 Beginning on May 1, 1998, OPEnet will no longer be available. This is an optional bulletin board system distributed by Title IV WAN. The software will not be available to order, it will not be supported by Title IV WAN customer service and the service itself will be terminated. The Information for Financial Aid Professionals web site (IFAP) and SFA BBS are both alternative tools that will allow you to view and/or download information on ED policies, regulations, Dear Colleague letters, SFA Handbooks, Guides and other SFA publications. The URL for IFAP is: http://www.ifap.ed.gov Though the SFA BBS will be retired later this year, the current URL for the SFA BBS web page is: http://sfa.ed.gov This will NOT affect your ability to send and receive data through EDconnect and to go on-line with NET*CONNECT. |