E-Government

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E-Government

• Conduct business online! With a level 2 account
  access you can have 1-stop access to a variety of
  FSA inquiries, including USDA-LINC for lenders.
  Want to know more? Read on.

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eAuthentication Advantages to Lenders

• Faster Service- Documents and forms are submitted
  in real-time. Save mailing time, paper
  generation, and faster turnaround.
• Access to FSAs Paperless Systems- Loan Status
  Reporting, Loan applications and closing
  documents, Access to borrowers account
  Information, Loss Claim Submission (coming soon),
  and Interest Assistance Renewals (coming soon).
  By using these systems, Lenders will have instant
  access to their borrowers account information
  according to FSA records.
• Electronically sign documents- By using your USDA
  eAuthentication account, you can digitally sign
  documents so you dont have to sign originals.
• Flexibility- No software to buy or install. You
  can submit documents and images in any of the
  following formats Microsoft Word, Microsoft
  Excel, Adobe Acrobat PDF documents and images,
  Web Equity Manager exported ZIP files, Images,
  and Text.
• Secure and Private- eFiling uses 128 bit secure
  socket layer (SSL) encryption technology used by
  many commercial banks in on-line banking
  applications.-
• We Do Not Use lender employees Social Security
  Numbers. You should change your password on a
  regular basis.

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Obtaining Access for Electronic Data Submission

• Lenders who will participate in electronic
  reporting for Farm Service Agency
• (FSA ) Guaranteed Loans must do the following
• Recertify using the revised FSA 2201 Lenders
  Agreement which includes the terms and conditions
  for lender participation in electronic data
  submission.
• Ensure that all lender employees who need access
  to electronic reporting obtain a Level 2
  eAuthentication ID and password at this time.
• Designate an employee as a Security Administrator
  who will act as a point of contact to FSA. A
  lender can choose to designate additional
  Security Administrators to act as a backup. A
  Security Administrator will delegate and assist
  in maintaining the access for the other lender
  employees and will have access to all FSA loan
  information for all branches of the lender.
• At this time, we are encouraging lenders to
  complete the above three items. The following
  pages provide additional information on
  eAuthentication and Electronic Data Submission.
  Any user who already has a Level 2
  eAuthentication account does not need to
  self-register again.

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Access www.eauth.egov.usda.gov
Click Hyperlink
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www.eauth.egov.usda.gov
Click Hyperlink
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Enter requested info and click Continue. On the
next page, verify that all info is correct and
click Submit. Even though you are representing
the Lender, you are creating an eAuthentication
account as an individual. Your name and home
address must match what is on your state issued
drivers license or id, US passport or US military
ID card. The alternate phone number field may be
used to enter your work phone number. We prefer
that you enter a work email address, because this
is where all electronic notifications and
reminders will be addressed.
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Last Step

• You must visit a local USDA Service Center in
  person for identity proofing. Please have your
  government issued photo ID (e.g. State issued
  drivers license, State issued ID, US Passport or
  US Military ID) with you when you visit the USDA
  Service Center.
• Note Your first name and last name as submitted
  with your eAuthentication registration must
  exactly match your first name and last name as
  printed on your government issued photo ID that
  you present at the Service Center. Your address,
  also, needs to match the address on your photo
  ID.
• Once the identity proofing has been completed,
  your ID will be activated and you can submit
  completed forms via USDAs eForms web site. An
  online reporting system that will give lender
  employees the ability to input semi-annual
  status reports, default status reports, and
  closing reports into FSAs database is projected
  to be ready for use in the near future. FSA will
  let you know when the online reporting system is
  ready for use and what you will need to do to
  gain access to that system using your Level 2
  eAuthentication ID. Now for the next step USDA
  LINC .

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Lenders Security Administrator access to the
USDA LINC Site (Summary)

• The person designated by the lender as the
  lenders Security Administrator must obtain a
  Level 2 eAuthentication ID and account if that
  person does not already have an ID and account
  established. Also, all other lender employees
  who will need access to electronic reporting must
  obtain Level 2 eAuthentication IDs and accounts.
• Ensure your lending institution has recertified
  with the revised FSA-2201 Lenders Agreement.
• Your local FSA Service Center should report the
  name of the lenders designated Security
  Administrator (SA) to the Farm Loan Program
  Section in the State Office. The State Office
  will add the designated SA to the Application
  Authorization Security Management (AASM) system,
  which gives the SA access to FSAs electronic
  reporting systems.
• The Lender Security Administrator will receive an
  email notification after FSA adds him/her to the
  AASM system. The email includes the USDA LINC
  website address. (See sample email language
  below)
• You have been authorized as a Security
  Administrator in Guaranteed Loan System - Level 2
  (GLSLVL2). Your Guaranteed Loan System - Level 2
  (GLSLVL2) users should go to the following
  eAuthentication web site to self-register for
  level 2 security to obtain an ID and password
  www.eAuth.egov.usda.gov.
• Then you can log-on to the Guaranteed Loan
  System - Level 2 (GLSLVL2) web site located at
  https//usdalinc.sc.egov.usda.gov to delegate
  access to the Guaranteed Loan System - Level 2
  (GLSLVL2) for all of your users.
• Note Any user who already has a level 2
  eAuthentication account does not need to
  self-register again. The Security Administrator
  should delegate access using the existing level 2
  eAuthentication ID for other lender users.

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Complete!

• Ensure you have all other training materials to
  input status reports into USDA-LINC. They are
  available in PowerPoint format at
  www.fsa.usda.gov/ks or you may contact FSA Kansas
  State Office in Manhattan 785-564-4765 or email
  shelly.wolf_at_ks.usda.gov for additional guidance.
• To submit loan packages online, youll login with
  your level 2 eauth user ID at http//forms.sc.egov
  .usda.gov/eforms/mainservlet
• Remember the USDA-LINC site is different for
  inputting reports at https//usdalinc.sc.egov.usda
  .gov/