| PublicationDate: 4/2/98 Summary: 1998-99 Processing Status Update # 12 Author: ODAS - Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary - SFA Posted April 2, 1998 TO: Financial Aid Administrators FROM: Diane Rogers Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Student Financial Assistance Programs SUBJECT: 1998-99 Processing Status Update # 12 I am pleased to present you with my twelfth message on the processing of the 1998-99 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). During the week of March 23-27, we processed 542,832 applications through the Central Processing System (CPS) for the 1998-99 cycle, bringing our year-to-date total to 2,914,062 applications. Of the 688,925 applications that have been received but not yet completely processed: * 550,761 have been in process at the Department's Multiple Data Entry (MDE) contractors for less than seven business days, the normal processing time for our MDE contractors; * 74,896 have been completed by the Department's MDE contractors and are now in process at the CPS; and * 63,268 have been at our MDE contractors for longer than seven business days. The following statistics are through Friday, March 27: FAFSA and Renewal Applications RECEIPTS PROCESSED YEAR TO DATE--GRAND TOTAL 3,602,987 2,914,062 I. Paper 3,395,950 2,707,025 II. Electronic 207,037 207,037 |