Index of OCSE Policy Documents

INFORMATION MEMORANDUM

IM-04-01

ATTACHMENT:
Active DCLs issued from January 2000 to December 2003.
Active PIQs issued from January 2000 to December 2003.
Active ATs issued from January 2000 to December 2003.
Active IMs issued from January 2000 to December 2003.

DATE: February 24, 2004

TO: State Agencies Administering Child Support Enforcement Plans Under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and Other Interested Individuals

SUBJECT: Index of OCSE Action Transmittals (ATs), Information Memoranda (IMs), Policy Interpretation Questions (PIQs) and Dear Colleague Letters (DCLs)

CONTEXT: This index includes all active ATs, IMs, PIQs and DCLs issued from January 2000 to December 2003.

An Action Transmittal (AT) has its basis in Federal law and regulation and, as the name implies, instructs state child support enforcement programs on the actions they must take to comply with new and amended Federal laws.

An Information Memorandum (IM) provides state CSE agencies with information on program practices that can be useful to program improvement.

A Policy Interpretation Question (PIQ) is an official OCSE reply to an inquiry concerning application of policy submitted to a Regional Office by State CSE program. Although these questions often arise from a specific practice or situation, the responses are an official statement of OCSE policy on the issue.

A Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) is a letter to State IV-D Directors providing information about practices, changes in procedures or other CSE topics.

PRECEDING MATERIALS: OCSE-IM-00-01 dated March 8, 2000
OCSE-IM-98-02 dated September 1998
OCSE-IM-97-01 dated March 18, 1997

INQUIRIES: For copies of ATs, IMs and DCLs:

Office of Child Support Enforcement
OCSE National Reference Center
370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW
Washington, DC 20447

(202) 401-9383

For information on PIQ’s: ACF Regional Administrators

Sherri Z. Heller, Ed. D.
Commissioner
Office of Child Support Enforcement