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(General) Subject: OUTAGE ALERT--Federal Student Aid Web Site and System Outages Scheduled for August 27-28, 2011

Posted Date:August 19, 2011

Author: Pamela Eliadis, Service Director, System Operations & Aid Delivery Management, Federal Student Aid

Subject: OUTAGE ALERT--Federal Student Aid Web Site and System Outages Scheduled for August 27-28, 2011

During the period August 27-28, 2011, we plan to execute extended Web site maintenance and operating system upgrades to several Federal Student Aid Web sites in addition to our routine maintenance that occurs each weekend.

This announcement provides information about the Web sites that will be affected during the extended maintenance period. Please review the information in this announcement and evaluate the impact on your school or organization during the period when the affected Web sites will be unavailable.

We apologize for the short notice about these outages; however, it is important that we complete the work this weekend.

Web Site Impact from Noon (ET) Saturday, August 27, 2011 until 11:00 A.M. (ET) Sunday, August 28, 2011

From Noon (ET) on Saturday, August 27, 2011 until 11:00 A.M. (ET) on Sunday, August 28, 2011, users will be unable to access many of our Web sites. Users attempting to access an impacted Web site during this period will receive an error message informing them that the page cannot be found or that the site is unavailable due to maintenance.

  • CPS Web Applications Demo System (FAA Access to CPS Online Demo and FAFSA Demo)

  • FAA Access to CPS Online (including ISIR Analysis Tool and R2T4 on the Web)

  • FAFSA4caster
  • FAFSA on the Web

We apologize for the inconvenience these outages may cause and appreciate your patience as we complete these important upgrades.