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So, This Is Your First FSA Conference?

Session 27. So, This Is Your First FSA Conference?. A guide to getting the most out of the experience…. Welcome To San Diego & FSA’s 2007 Fall Conference. What is the Federal Student Aid Conference?. Our fall conferences are our premier training opportunity for the financial aid community.

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So, This Is Your First FSA Conference?

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  1. Session 27 So, This Is Your First FSA Conference? A guide to getting the most out of the experience…

  2. Welcome To San Diego & FSA’s 2007 Fall Conference

  3. What is the Federal Student Aid Conference? • Our fall conferences are our premier training opportunity for the financial aid community

  4. 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

  5. General Sessions • Welcome and Opening Remarks • The Secretary’s 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 Q&A

  6. 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

  7. Beginners Track • Student Eligibility #30 • The FAFSA #31 • EFC #32 • The ISIR #33 • Verification #34

  8. 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

  9. Electronic/Websites • NSLDS Security & What’s New #1 • NSLDS Aggregate Calculations #2 • FSA Assessments #13 • EDExpress Update #15 • Financial Aid Professionals Portal #29

  10. Electronic/Websites • First Time SAIG Users #44 • IPEDS #45 • FSA Technical Initiatives #46 • e-Authentication #47 • Podcasts #50

  11. Program Compliance • Integrated Partner Management #3 • Compliance Update #6 • Top 10 Audit & Program Review Findings #7

  12. 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

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

  14. Loan Sessions • What’s New in Direct Loans for 2008-2009 #42 • Consolidation Loans #53 • Default Prevention #54 • FFEL Regulatory & Policy Update #63

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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 PC Lab

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. Your turn…. • Ideas… • Clarification… • Questions… Now Go Learn ….

  22. Deborah Tarpley Phone: (303) 844-3677 ext. 118 Email: deborah.tarpley@ed.gov Contacts We appreciate your feedback and comments. We can be reached at: Margaret Day • Phone: (303) 844-3677 ext. 127 • Email: margaret.day@ed.gov

  23. Please provide any comments regarding this training or the trainers to: Jo Ann Borel Title IV Training Supervisor joann.borel@ed.gov 202-377-3930

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