NSLDS Security and Whats New

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Session 1

• NSLDS Security and Whats New
• Ron Bennett
• Andrea Wise

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Agenda

• NSLDS Access
• Security Enhancements
• Whats new
• Whats coming
• Customer Service Reminders
• Reengineering

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NSLDS Access

• Gen 05-06 - Access To and Use of NSLDS
  Information
• NSLDS Users must
• Use their access properly
• Protect the sensitive data
• Do not share User IDs and Passwords

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Access Suspension Timeline

• April 17, 2007
• NSLDS Access allowed only for
• Current school users
• ED users
• Students and Borrowers

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Access Suspension Timeline

• April 20, 2007
• Access to NSLDS Update 1
• April 27, 2007
• SAIG removed on-line registration for NSLDS web
  access
• Access to NSLDS Update 2

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Access Suspension Timeline

• April 30, 2007
• CAPTCHA implemented at log on
• All 3 identifiers required to look up
  student/borrowers
• Social security number
• First name
• Date of birth

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Access Suspension Timeline

• May 2, 2007
• GAs notified of steps to restore access
• Reminded to only access borrowers for whom
• They have an established relationship
• That have explicitly authorized access

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Access Suspension Timeline

• May 14, 2007-
• Access to NSLDS Update 3
• Lenders (except ELT relationships) and Lender
  Servicers notified of steps to restore access
• Emphasized user
• must have a
• relationship with
• the borrower

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Access Suspension Timeline

• June 1
• Released User ID letters that had been held
  since April 17 for new school users
• June 12
• NSLDS Update 4
• A completed and signed consolidation loan
  application required for access of new borrower

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Access Suspension Timeline

• June 26
• Began to restore access for State Agencies
• June 29
• SAIG Web site restored NSLDS online enrollment
  link

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NSLDS Access Dos

• Have students contact FSAIC at
• 1-800-4FEDAID
• Have students access the NSLDS student site using
  their PIN
• Report suspected abuse

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NSLDS Access Donts

• Dont provide your User ID and Password to ANYONE
• Dont ask students to share their PIN
• Dont make 3rd party calls with a Lender to get
  data

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Resulting Security Measures

• CAPTCHA for everyone
• Three identifiers to retrieve data
• Change in sign-up process through SAIG Enrollment

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CAPTCHA

• Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell
  Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) tool

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Requirement of all three identifiers

• All three identifiers for a student or borrower
  must be entered.

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• No Access without all 3

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SAIG Enrollment Changes

• Only ONE Primary DPA per organization
• Primary DPA must have NSLDS on-line access
• Primary and Secondary DPA allowed to enroll new
  users
• Primary responsible for monitoring access and
  completing annual report
• Signature Page

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SAIG Enrollment Changes

• GAs must indicate function
• GA or GA Servicer
• Uses NSLDS for Title IV functions only
• Eligibility for Aid
• Billing and Collection
• Enforcing Loan Terms
• Enrollment
• Accuracy of Record
• Default Aversion
• Default Rates
• Record Updates
• Teacher Loan Forgiveness and Loan Discharge
• Compliance
• ? Other ____________________________

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SAIG Enrollment Changes

• Lenders/Lender Servicers must indicate function
• Lender and Lender/Servicer
• ? Uses NSLDS for Title IV functions only
• ? Consolidating Lender
• ? Authorized Activity Loan Holder
• ? Enrollment
• ? Accuracy
• ? Deferments
• ? Default Rate
• ? Other _____________________

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User Maintenance Reports

• NSLDS

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User Maintenance Reports

• SAIG

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Whats New

• Email address change
• nslds_at_ed.gov

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Whats New

• Enrollment management
• Withdrawals reported for Schools that Close,
  Merge, or become Ineligible

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Whats New

• User Guide for Transfer Student Monitoring on the
  Web
• Updated and available at www.ifap.ed.gov

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Whats New

• Fraud Indicator
• Effects Eligibility
• Report Fraud on Aid Overpayment Web page

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Whats New

• Teacher Loan Forgiveness and Loan Discharges
• Now reported and displayed
• Informational icon alerts

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Whats New

• Teacher Loan Forgiveness

Click to see List
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Whats New

• Loan Discharge
• Icon displays on the specific loan

Click Loan Detail
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Whats New

• Loan Discharge
• Details show on Loan Detail page

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Whats New

• Discharge Code Types

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Whats New

• New Report School Loan List (SCHLL1)

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School Loan List (SCHLL1)
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Whats Coming

• SAIG TG Numbers Changing
• Alpha-numeric
• SAIG Signature Page
• User Statement changed
• Keep for audit purposes

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Whats Coming

• NSLDS User Letters replaced with an email
  notification
• To the Primary DPA (make sure SAIG has the PDPA
  email address)
• New user will call NSLDS Customer Service and
  must answer security questions to receive password

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Whats Coming

• Enrollment Reporting Late Letter will be replaced
  with email
• Maintain contact information on ORG List

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Whats Coming

• Perkins Loan Reporting
• Requires Perkins Loan data be submitted at an
  award year level
• Effective July 1, 2008
• Technical Update PK-2007-02

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Whats Coming

• College Cost Reduction
• Access Act (H.R.2669)
• Increased Pell Funding
• Teacher Education Assistance for College and
  Higher Education (TEACH) Grant
• Income-Based Repayment
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness

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NSLDS Update/Reminders

• Foreign School access to NSLDS
• Update your Org Contact

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NSLDS Reminders

• NEVER Share your NSLDS User ID and Password
• Protect the Privacy Act Data in NSLDS

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NSLDS Reminders

• Customer Service Calls
• to 1 800-999-8219
• Only addresses issues for schools and data
  providers
• Does not handle student calls
• Will not provide student data to persons who do
  not have a User ID

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NSLDS Reengineering

• FFEL Data Flows
• Project update
• Community involvement
• Future meetings

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Contact Information

• We appreciate your feedback and comments. We can
  be reached at
• Ron Bennett
• Phone[phone]
• Emailron.bennett_at_ed.gov
• Andrea Wise
• Phone[phone]
• Andrea.wise_at_ed.gov
• Fax[phone]