So, This Is Your First FSA Conference

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So, This Is Your First FSA Conference?
Session 27

• A guide to getting the most out of the experience

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Welcome To San Diego FSAs 2007 Fall Conference
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What is the Federal Student Aid Conference?

• Our fall conferences are our premier training
  opportunity for the financial aid community

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Department Staff Can Help

• Red shirts
• Red shirted staff are conference staff
• Blue ribbons
• All Department employees have blue ribbons
  attached to their name tags

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General Sessions

• Welcome and Opening Remarks
• The Secretarys Commission and Summits Vision
  of Federal Student Aid in the Future
• New Era of Accountability What Recent Statutory
  and Regulatory Requirements Mean for Each of You
• 2008-2009 Application Processing System Update
• Federal Update with QA

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Hands-on Sessions

• SAIG Mailbox EDconnect 20
• FAA Access to CPS Online for New Users 21
• R2T4 on the Web 22
• NSLDS for Beginners 23
• COD 24
• QA Schools 64
• ISIR Analysis Tool 66

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Beginners Track

• Student Eligibility 30
• The FAFSA 31
• EFC 32
• The ISIR 33
• Verification 34

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Beginners Track

• Awarding Aid 35
• What is SAP? 36
• Disbursing Aid 37
• Uncover the Mysteries of the Law and Regulations
  38
• The Big Picture 39

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Electronic/Websites

• NSLDS Security Whats New 1
• NSLDS Aggregate Calculations 2
• FSA Assessments 13
• EDExpress Update 15
• Financial Aid Professionals Portal 29

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Electronic/Websites

• First Time SAIG Users 44
• IPEDS 45
• FSA Technical Initiatives 46
• e-Authentication 47
• Podcasts 50

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Program Compliance

• Integrated Partner Management 3
• Compliance Update 6
• Top 10 Audit Program Review Findings 7

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Program Specific Issues

• ACG/SMART Operational Update 5
• Requirements for Federal Grant Programs 10
• Changes to General Provisions Rules 11
• Campus-Based Allocation Formula 12

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Loan Sessions

• Student Loans Going Forward 8
• Lender-School Relationships 9
• Student Loan Ombudsman 16
• Direct Loan Primer 40
• Direct Loan Reports 41

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Loan Sessions

• Whats New in Direct Loans for 2008-2009 42
• Consolidation Loans 53
• Default Prevention 54
• FFEL Regulatory Policy Update 63

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Lender/GA Track

• Skip Trace Tools Techniques 55
• Emerging Oversight Issues 56
• All About Compliance Audits 57
• IPM for Financial Partners 58
• Hands-on Overview of F.P. Systems 59
• NSLDS for Financial Partners 62

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More Topics

• Funding Issues - COD Through GAPS 4
• Resolving Database Match Issues 14
• R2T4 Problem Areas 25
• Bridging the Cultural Divide 26
• Protecting Privacy Information 48
• Software Development Lifecycle 49

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Open Forums

• HBCU 17
• HSI 18
• Tribal Colleges 19
• Birds of a Feather 28
• Graduate/Professional Schools
• Career Colleges
• 4-Yr Publics
• 4-Yr Privates
• 2-Yr Colleges
• IT Professionals

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PC Lab

• Ask A Fed any policy questions
• COD
• Default Prevention Management
• E-App (eligibility certification)
• e-Campus-Based system
• EDconnect SAIG

• EDE Suite
• EDExpress, FAA Access to CPS, PIN site)
• eZ Audit
• FSA Assessments
• GAPS
• IFAP
• ISIR Analysis Tool
• NSLDS

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Cyber Cafe

• A place for you to do your e-mail
• Please be mindful of your time when they are
  others waiting for a computer

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TIPS

• Plan your day
• Go to the PC Lab
• Skip a session if you must to avoid crowds
• For hands-on sessions, arrive early
• Ask Questions
• Complete Evaluations

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Your turn.

• Ideas
• Clarification
• Questions
• Now Go Learn .

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Contacts
We appreciate your feedback and comments. We can
be reached at

• Margaret Day
• Phone [phone] ext. 127
• Email margaret.day_at_ed.gov

• Deborah Tarpley
• Phone [phone] ext. 118
• Email deborah.tarpley_at_ed.gov

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• Please provide any comments regarding this
  training or the trainers to
• Jo Ann Borel
• Title IV Training Supervisor
• joann.borel_at_ed.gov
• 202-377-3930