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1840-0110 199802-1840-005
Historical Active 199706-1840-001
ED/OPE
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 04/28/1998
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 02/27/1998
Approved as amended by ED's memos and revisions submitted to OMB on 4/9/98, 4/17/98, 4/20/98, 4/22/98, 4/27/98, and 4/28/98. OMB notes that ED should be commended for their efforts in streamlining the FAFSA. The FAFSA redesign effort is a great example of ED's commitment to reduce burden and to customer satisfaction for students participating in ED's student aid programs. In addition to the memos and revisions listed above, ED agrees to the following conditions of clearance: 1) ED will develop a short summary document that provides basic information on student aid to be used by students in conjunction with filling out the FAFSA (ED did not address this from the prior terms of clearance); 2) ED will develop and implement for use in the 1999-2000 Web FAFSA a method of processing renewal Web FAFSAs without requiring the submission of a separate written siganture page for parents of dependents students; 2) ED will, in the event a "FAFSA Handbook" or FAQ is developed, submit to OMB change language in the FAFSA that alerts the student to the existence of this handbook or FAQ; 4) ED will continue its current efforts to investigate ways of marketing Web FAFSA (e.g., public service announcements and internet advertising); 5) ED will make any programmatic changes necessary to so that the FAFSA will utilize the D-U-N-S number as the single identifier for institutions. The timeline for full D-U-N-S implementation will be consistent with the timeframe outlined in ED's Gen-98-8 Dear Colleague letter (i.e., the 2001-2002 needs analysis cycle beginning January 1, 2001 for the award year beginning July 1, 2001); 6) ED will update OMB on the development of an interactive voice response system that will allow all phone numbers listed on the FAFSA to be toll free. ED will provide OMB with cost estimates for the new system and a time line for pilot and/or full scale implementation; 7) ED will follow the following process for PRA clearance of Web FAFSA - Once ED can present to OMB the final design of Web FAFSA, ED will submit to OMB an addendum to the current package. At that time, if OMB finds that there are substantive an material differences between Web FAFSA and paper-based FAFSA, ED will resubmit Web FAFSA for clearance; 8) In terms of electronic signatures for all applicants and parents, ED will update OMB on both ED's long term goal of implementing the GSA certificate authority method and ED's interim strategies (e.g., pin/hash technology). ED will provide OMB with a briefing on this issue at the time the Web FAFSA addendum is submitted to OMB; 9) ED will continue their efforts to consolidate student-based electronic FAFSA options to Web-based options; 10) In terms of the need for a form version of Web FAFSA in addition to the interview version, ED will continue to monitor public concern and assess whether there is a need to develop a form version for the 2000-2001 Web FAFSA, and if appropriate develop a cost estimate for the development of a form version; 11) ED agrees that any technical issues dealing with the implementation of Web FAFSA that were not resolved during this review will be addressed in the context of OMB's review of the Web FAFSA addendum.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
06/30/2000 06/30/2000 06/30/1999
9,998,997 0 9,831,756
6,274,770 0 7,625,993
0 0 0