NSLDS Overview Current Status and Considerations for the Future

1. NSLDS Overview Current Status and Considerations for the Future Tuesday April 24, 2007, 2:30 pm 3:30 pm

2. Panelist Pam Eliadis Dana Purdy

3. Dear Colleague Letter GEN 05-06 NSLDS may not be used for marketing purposes Student/Borrower’s permission is required Reminds users of Federal Student Aid’s enforcement obligation Data Security and Data Exchange

4. Audit Reports Every student look-up is tracked by User ID External Audit Security Reports Requested by Destination Point Administrator Number of look-ups by user id Past 90 days Internal Audit Security Reports Data Security and Exchange

5. No Data Mining Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) tool Monitoring top 20 users and organizations Data Security and Exchange

7. 10,124,164,732 Total number of rows 59,853,108 Students 225,637,986 Loans 61,085,079 Pell Grants 39,101 School Branches 18,733 Schools 31,589 Lenders 62 Guarantee Agencies Volumes and Statistics NSLDS data contents as of January, 2007

8. Lender Manifest Subgroup Lender Manifest/CAM Overview Objectives Progress • Lender Manifest/CAM overview and highlights of workgroup • NSLDS Workgroup • Committee Makeup • Purpose

9. NSLDS Workgroup Makeup Subcommittee of Program Ops Currently 14 Members 1 NCHELP Member 10 Guarantors 3 Lender/Servicers Large NSLDS workgroup 60 + Participants on calls Listserv

10. NSLDS Workgroup Purpose The NSLDS Subcommittee works closely with the Department of Educations’ Federal Student Aid office on the maintenance and improvement of the reporting of data to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS). NSLDS is used by ED to support a number of enterprise functions that are critical to the oversight and operations of the Federal Family Educational Loan Program. The subcommittee serves as a clearinghouse for information and coordinates the development of enhancements to the reporting between guaranty agencies, lenders/servicers, secondary markets and ED. While there is a workgroup that meets directly with ED on a quarterly basis, the subcommittee has community calls open to NCHELP members to help ensure there is the opportunity for input and participation by all trading partners.   

11. NSLDS Lender Manifest CAM Overview Lender Manifest file created specifically for needed NSLDS information. Flat File Not reviewed since inception CAM can be used to supply same information Transaction Based

12. NSLDS LM Subgroup Objectives Update Documentation and Synchronize with NSLDS GA Data Provider Instructions (DPI) Identify and document Best Practices Identify changes and/or additional information to incorporate into Lender Manifest process.

13. NSLDS LM Subgroup Progress Incorporated needed HERA changes Accumulated past LM documentation Mapped definitions to NSLDS DPI Proposed documentation changes/updates Common Manual update proposal

14. Enrollment Reporting Subcommittee • Separate Subcommittee of Program Ops • Formed July, 2005 • Project Scope • Project Examples

15. School Advisory - Perkins User group

16. FFEL Data Flows • Improve: • Timeliness of data to be consistent with the business process requirements • Collection of data to support the business process requirements • Examples of required data include: knowledge of delinquency, MPN, discharges, etc. • Data Collection Approach by: • Focusing on business process and life cycle stages requirements • Adapting to Technology Standards (i.e. XML) • Implementing Data Standards (i.e. CommonLine) • Consistency of Data Processes • Examples of consistency include editing of data, data exchange formats, etc.

17. FFEL Reporting Loan Certification (Orig/Disb/Sell) Student CPS School Lender/Servicer Guarantor ISIR FAFSA Disbs Guaranty LaRS Assignments Current Data Flow Lender Held Activity GA Held Activity GA Reports most FFEL activity Federal Student Aid = Retired Process GAFR Loan Certification (Orig/Disb/Sell) Guarantor Student School Lender/Servicer CPS FAFSA ISIR Guaranty Disbs Validation LaRS Servicing Orig/Disbs Sell Guaranty GA Held Activity Assignments Federal Student Aid Proposed Data Flow = New Process FFEL Activity Reported by Data Source = Optional Process GAFR = GA/Lender Reporting Relationship Only Lender/Servicer Info FFEL Logical Data Flows FFEL Reporting

18. Data Integrity: preserving the reliability and condition of FFEL data so that it is consistently defined and maintained during any FFEL process, such as loan sales, transfers, assignments, and reportingData Process Flows: getting the right data, to the right place, at the right timeData Collection: capturing the data needed to meet business and reporting requirements; eliminating unnecessary and duplicative data collection requirements FSA Focus Groups

19. Highlights of Focus Groups Over 70 Participants from Schools, Lenders, Guarantors, Servicers and Associations Presentation materials, invitation lists, and sessions’ notes available on www.fp.ed.gov High-Level Feedback Next Steps

20. Questions? Speaker Name Speaker Contact Information Thank You!