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National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)

• Part I: Summary Information and Justification
  • Section A: Overview
  • Section B: Summary of Spending
  • Section D: Performance Information
  • Section F: Enterprise Architecture (EA)
• Part III: For "Operation and Maintenance" investments ONLY (Steady State)
  • Section A: Risk Management
  • Section B: Cost and Schedule Performance

1. Date of submission: Sep 10, 2007
2. Agency: 018
3. Bureau: 45
4. Name of this Capital Asset: National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)
5. Unique Project (Investment) Identifier: 018-45-01-06-01-1100-00
6. What kind of investment will this be in FY2010? Operations and Maintenance
7. What was the first budget year this investment was submitted to OMB? FY2001 or earlier
8. Provide a brief summary and justification for this investment, including a brief description of how this closes in part or in whole an identified agency performance gap: NSLDS was mandated by Congress in the Higher Education Act and implemented in 1994. NSLDS aims to collect, store and make available detailed data about TITLE IV aid dispersed and the aid recipients. It aims to simplify and streamline aid delivery processes used by schools, lenders and guarantors throughout the country, replacing paper driven techniques with efficient electronic communications. NSLDS was mandated by Congress in the Higher Education Act, as amended, 20USC1092b. The mandate required the establishment of a National Student Loan Data System containing information regarding loans made, insured or guaranteed and electronic exchange of data between program participants and the system. The data system included but was not limited to, "loan amount and type; names and social security numbers of borrowers; guaranty agency responsible for the guarantee of the loan; the institution of higher education or organization responsible for loans made; the exact amount of loans partially or totally canceled or in deferment, the eligible institution in which the student was enrolled at the time the loan was made, and any additional institutions attended by the borrower; the total amount of loans made to any borrower and the remaining balance of loans; the lender, holder and servicer of such loans; information concerning the date of any default on the loan and the collection of the loan, including any information concerning the repayment status of any defaulted loan on which the Secretary has made a payment pursuant to section 1080(a) of 20USC1092b or the guaranty agency has made a payment to the previous holder of the loan; information regarding any deferments or forbearance granted on such loans; and the date of cancellation of the note upon completion of repayment by the borrower of the loan or payment by the Secretary pursuant to section 1087 of 20USC1092b." Other information is collected for research and policy analysis, providing for the monitoring of enrollment of students and provide borrowers the ability to identify the current holders and servicers of their loans. NSLDS has fulfilled the mandated requirements. NSLDS is currently in Operations and Maintenance mode with its contract expiring in 2009. An acquisition plan is currently under development for the follow-on solicitation, new development may be necessary in the future which may require changing 2011 business case to mixed-lifecycle.
9. Did the Agency's Executive/Investment Committee approve this request? yes
   1. If "yes," what was the date of this approval? Aug 30, 2007
10. Did the Project Manager review this Exhibit? yes
11. Contact information of Program/Project Manager?

1. What is the current FAC-P/PM (for civilian agencies) or DAWIA (for defense agencies) certification level of the program/project manager? Senior/Expert/DAWIA-Level 3
12. Has the agency developed and/or promoted cost effective, energy efficient and environmentally sustainable techniques or practices for this project. no
    1. Will this investment include electronic assets (including computers)? no
    2. Is this investment for new construction or major retrofit of a Federal building or facility? (answer applicable to non-IT assets only) no
       1. If "yes," is an ESPC or UESC being used to help fund this investment? [Not answered]
       2. If "yes," will this investment meet sustainable design principles? [Not answered]
       3. If "yes," is it designed to be 30% more energy efficient than relevant code? [Not answered]
13. Does this investment directly support one of the PMA initiatives? yes
    Eliminating Improper Payments
    Financial Performance
    Expanded E-Government
    1. Briefly and specifically describe for each selected how this asset directly supports the identified initiative(s)? Improves financial performance by using loan data within NSLDS to generate summary details to aid Financial Management System with Account Maintenance and Loan Processing Fee payments to Guarantors. Supports elimination of improper payments by providing loan level detail for reasonability checks financial reports for Guaranty Agencies. Support eGovernment initiative through the NSLDS web sites that provide services to individuals as a single point of entry for accessing Title IV aid
14. Does this investment support a program assessed using the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)? (For more information about the PART, visit www.whitehouse.gov/omb/part.) yes
    1. If "yes," does this investment address a weakness found during a PART review? yes
    2. If "yes," what is the name of the PARTed program? 10000202 - Student Aid Administration
    3. If "yes," what rating did the PART receive? Adequate
15. Is this investment for information technology? yes

For information technology investments only:

16. What is the level of the IT Project? (per CIO Council PM Guidance) Level 2
17. In addition to the answer in 11(a), what project management qualifications does the Project Manager have? (per CIO Council PM Guidance) (1) Project manager has been validated as qualified for this investment
18. Is this investment or any project(s) within this investment identified as "high risk" on the Q4-FY 2008 agency high risk report (per OMB Memorandum M-05-23)? yes
19. Is this a financial management system? no
    1. If "yes," does this investment address a FFMIA compliance area? [Not answered]
       1. If "yes," which compliance area: [Not answered]
       2. If "no," what does it address? [Not answered]
    2. If "yes," please identify the system name(s) and system acronym(s) as reported in the most recent financial systems inventory update required by Circular A-11 section 52 [Not answered]
20. What is the percentage breakout for the total FY2010 funding request for the following?

21. If this project produces information dissemination products for the public, are these products published to the Internet in conformance with OMB Memorandum 05-04 and included in your agency inventory, schedules and priorities? n/a
22. Contact information of individual responsible for privacy related questions:

23. Are the records produced by this investment appropriately scheduled with the National Archives and Records Administration's approval? yes
24. Does this investment directly support one of the GAO High Risk Areas? no

2. Will this project require the agency to hire additional FTE's? no
   1. If "yes", How many and in what year? [Not answered]
3. If the summary of spending has changed from the FY2009 President's budget request, briefly explain those changes: Additional funding is requested in the amount of 500K to do security enhancements and other regulatory & statutory require changes.

1. Is this investment included in your agency's target enterprise architecture? yes
   1. If "no," please explain why? [Not answered]
2. Is this investment included in the agency's EA Transition Strategy? yes
   1. If "yes," provide the investment name as identified in the Transition Strategy provided in the agency's most recent annual EA Assessment. Information Framework/Operational Data Store
   2. If "no," please explain why? [Not answered]
3. Is this investment identified in a completed and approved segment architecture? yes
   1. If "yes," provide the six digit code corresponding to the agency segment architecture. The segment architecture codes are maintained by the agency Chief Architect. For detailed guidance regarding segment architecture codes, please refer to http://www.egov.gov/. 206-000

6. Will the application leverage existing components and/or applications across the Government (i.e., USA.Gov, Pay.Gov, etc)? no
   1. If "yes," please describe. [Not answered]

1. Does the investment have a Risk Management Plan? yes
   1. If "yes," what is the date of the plan? Oct 15, 2007
   2. Has the Risk Management Plan been significantly changed since last year's submission to OMB? no
   3. If "yes," describe any significant changes: [Not answered]
2. If there currently is no plan, will a plan be developed? [Not answered]
   1. If "yes," what is the planned completion date? [Not answered]
   2. If "no," what is the strategy for managing the risks? [Not answered]

1. Was operational analysis conducted? yes
   1. If "yes," provide the date the analysis was completed. Jun 30, 2008
   2. If "yes," what were the results? [Not answered]
   3. If "no," please explain why it was not conducted and if there are any plans to conduct operational analysis in the future: The U.S. Department of Education has recognized the requirement for conducting an operational analysis and is working to sufficiently respond to the requirement request as released in the OMB Memorandum M-05-023. In the meantime, cost and schedule performance are being monitored and analyzed on a monthly basis.
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   1. What costs are included in the reported Cost/Schedule Performance information (Government Only/Contractor Only/Both)? Contractor Only

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