[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81502-81503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23178]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0096]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Federal Student Aid (FSA) Partner Connect System and User 
Access Management

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), Department of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
November 7, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed 
information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of 
publication of this notice. Click on this link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain to access the site. Find this information collection request 
(ICR) by selecting ``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under 
Review,'' then check the ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. 
Reginfo.gov provides two links to view documents related to this 
information collection request. Information collection forms and 
instructions may be found by clicking on the ``View Information 
Collection (IC) List'' link. Supporting statements and other supporting 
documentation may be found by clicking on the ``View Supporting 
Statement and Other Documents'' link.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Beth Grebeldinger, (202) 570-
8414.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is especially interested in 
public comment addressing the following issues: (1) is this collection 
necessary to the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this 
information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the 
estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on 
the respondents, including through the use of information technology. 
Please note that written comments received in response to this notice 
will be considered public records.
    Title of Collection: Federal Student Aid (FSA) Partner Connect 
System and User Access Management.
    OMB Control Number: 1845-NEW.
    Type of Review: New ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Private Sector; State, Local, and 
Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 48,600.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 10,196.
    Abstract: This is a request for a new information collection. 
Federal Student Aid (FSA) Partner Connect will be replacing Student Aid 
internet Gateway (SAIG) Enrollment via fsawebenroll.ed.gov. SAIG 
Mailboxes will remain as the access point for electronically 
transmitting and receiving data. FSA Partner Connect System and User 
Access Management allows authorized entities, including postsecondary 
educational institutions, institutional third-party servicers, guaranty 
agencies and guaranty agency (GA) servicers, Federal Family Education 
Loan Program (FFELP) lenders and lender servicers, federal loan 
servicers, and State Higher Education Agencies, to exchange data 
electronically with the U.S. Department of Education (Department). In 
order to participate, each entity must enroll for system and service 
access through FSA Partner Connect (fsapartners.ed.gov). The enrollment 
process enables the organization enrolling to create new users and 
select services to receive, submit, view, and/or update student 
financial aid data online and by batch using Department provided 
software EDconnect (PC-based software) or TDClient (client software for 
multiple environments). As authorized by the Higher Education Act of 
1965, as amended (HEA); 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq., and in order to manage 
the Title IV, HEA assistance programs, the entities listed above may 
electronically transmit and receive data from the following FSA systems 
through SAIG Mailboxes by enrolling through FSA Partner Connect:

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Processing System 
(FPS)
Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System
National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) Online
Electronic Cohort Default Rate (eCDR) Appeals
Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) System
Digital Customer Care (DCC) Customer Relationship Management (CRM) 
Online
Access and Identity Management System (AIMS)

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Financial Management System (FMS)

    Additionally, entities may request access to eZ-Audit and the U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security's Systemic Alien Verification 
Entitlements (SAVE) Program through FSA Partner Connect to manage Title 
IV, HEA assistance programs.

    Dated: October 2, 2024.
Kun Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2024-23178 Filed 10-7-24; 8:45 am]
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