Publication Date: August 9, 2005
Author: General Manager, FSA Application, School Eligibility and Delivery Services
Summary: 2005-2006 EDE Technical Reference: August 2005 Change Pages Available
Posted on 08-09-2005
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is pleased to announce the posting of the August version of the 2005-2006 EDE Technical Reference. The updated document, as well as a set of change pages, can be found on ED's Federal Student Aid Download (FSAdownload) Web site, located at http://fsadownload.ed.gov.
The EDE Technical Reference provides record layouts for schools or other organizations that need to design software systems to interface with Ed's software to process applications.
The change pages and the full document are posted in Adobe PDF format. The PDF version of the entire document is bookmarked for your convenience. To view or download the EDE Technical Reference from FSAdownload:
1) Go to http://FSAdownload.ed.gov.
2) Click on the "Technical References and Guides" link.
3) On the following page, scroll down to the "Electronic Data Exchange Technical Reference" heading. Beneath the heading are links to various processing cycles. Click on the "2005-2006" link.
4) Select any of the links on the following page to view and print the documents, or right-click on any of the links and choose "Save Target AsÂ…" in order to save the documents to your hard drive.
5) If you have saved documents to your hard drive, open them using Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print them.
The updated version of the 2005-2006 EDE Technical Reference is also available on the Department's Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) Web site, located at http://www.ifap.ed.gov:
1) On the IFAP Web site, look for "OTHER VIEWS" on the left side of the page and click on the "Current Publications" link.
2) On the following page, click on "EDE Technical Reference."
3) On the next page, select "By 2005-2006 Award Year."
4) On the next page, select "05-06 EDE Technical Reference August 2005 Release."
5) Click on any of the links to view and print the documents, or save the documents to your hard drive following the instructions above for the FSAdownload Web site.
If you have questions about the EDE Technical Reference, contact CPS/SAIG Technical Support at 800/330-5947 or by e-mail at CPSSAIG@ed.gov.