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Description: Tags: 05EACIntSessSoYouThinkYouKnowFAAAccess
Description: Tags: 05EACIntSessSoYouThinkYouKnowFAAAccess
So, You Think You Know
FAA Access?
Ginger Klock
Misty Parkinson
This session will focus on:
• Current functionality and specific
features that you may not be aware of
• Enhancements for 20062007
• Open forum – what FAA Access tool(s)
can’t you live without?
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Let’s start at the beginning…
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Student Inquiry
What is it?
• A tool that allows FAAs to view
– a student’s SAR information,
including the EFC (and intermediate
values)
– NSLDS information
– SAR comments
– FAA information
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Yeah, but what else can I do
with it?
• Enter a student’s DRN to view a
transaction without your school code
• Print an individual SAR (in HTML or
PDF)
• Determine if a transaction is in
signature hold status
• Compare two transactions for the same
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HTML
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PDF
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Application
Status
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Sort by
Sort by field Differences
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Sorted by
Differences
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What’s New for 20062007?
• Field labels modified
• SAR comments displayed
• Electronic Signature Process
– Student Identifiers added
– Signature Hold reduced from 14 to 7
days
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Application Entry
What is it?
• A tool that allows FAAs to enter a
student’s FAFSA, Renewal
FAFSA, or Correction data and
submit it to the CPS for processing.
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Yeah, but what else can I do
with it?
General Entry:
• Save an application to submit later
• “Run Final Check”
– view/print alternate EFCs and
intermediate values
– submit from that page or return to
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Yeah, but what else can I do
with it?
Correction Entry:
• Report FAA Adjustment
• View/print List of Changes
• Realtime corrections
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Links to
SAR
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What’s New for 2006/2007?
General Entry:
• Field labels modified
• “Please wait” message removed
• Enrollment question more prominent
• Run Final Check renamed Calculate
EFC
• Change to the edit process 29
More prominent
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What’s New for 2006/2007?
Renewal Entry:
• Paper Renewal Applications
discontinued
• FAAs can file Renewal FAFSAs for
students from the Pacific Islands
• Certain values will no longer carry
forward from the prior year
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What’s New for 2006/2007?
Correction Entry:
• Tax calculator enhanced
• Step Links added to top of screen
• Both Assumed and Submitted
values display
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Verification Tool
What is it?
• A tool that assists FAAs with
verification of a student’s
processed ISIR.
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Yeah, but what else can I do
with it?
• Message lets you know when a
correction is required
• Difference column allows you to easily
see differences
• Can link to submit corrections right
away, or make corrections later
• Can print results or save to file
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Enter values from tax returns
and verification worksheet, then
click on “Calculate”
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This column appears and
shows differences
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Save to a file
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What’s New for 20062007?
• Dependency override considered
• No longer required to enter values in
all fields
• Message text will be clearer that a
correction is required
• Worksheet C added and labeled as
“optional for verification”
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ISIR Request
What is it?
• A tool that allows authorized users
– to request specific ISIRs from the CPS
• Users can specify ISIRs
– by specific SSNs
– by using a variety of selection criteria
alone or in combination with other
criteria
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Yeah, but what else can I do
with it?
• Upload an SSN file to request ISIRs only
for students that are enrolled at your school
• Multiple requests can be made each day
• Criteria used can be “described” in the
request title
– Title is returned in the first line of the
resulting ISIR file
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Enter identifying title
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What’s New for 2006/2007?
• The DPA can assign ISIR Request
rights to others
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Other Features
Help Search Help
Search
Feature
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EDExpress Interface
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For more information visit the PC Lab
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For more information attend Session 5 (Handson)
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Open Forum
• What FAA Access functionality is
most valuable to you?
• How does FAA Access make your life
better?
• Do you have any ideas for future
improvements?
• Do you have any questions?
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URLs
• FAA Access to CPS Online site
– http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/faa/faa.htm
• Demonstration site
– http://www.fafsademo.test.ed.gov
• eddemo
• fafsatest
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Contact Information
We appreciate your feedback and
comments. We can be reached at:
• Phone: 18003305947
• Fax: 13196657662
• Email: cpssaig@ed.gov
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