Bulletin ID
DLB - 97 - 50
| PublicationDate: 12/1/97 BulletinID: DLB - 97 - 50 December 1997 DLB-97-50 SUBJECT: Testing with the Loan Origination Center Dear Colleague: The Department of Education and Loan Origination Center (LOC) would like to thank those schools that have been patiently waiting for changes and corrections to data for academic years 1995-96 and 1996-97. The LOC is aggressively working to identify, categorize, and create solutions to data problems. The process is working and will be kept in place through July 31, 1998. Processing for 1997-98 also is going well, and there are many exciting changes under consideration for the current processes as well as for academic year 1998-99. These changes will strengthen and improve the Direct Loan program. The LOC currently is developing new software for 1998-99 processing. There are minor changes to most of the LOC subsystems; however, reconciliation is being redesigned. The LOC requests that any school which had reconciliation processing issues in 1995-96, 1996-97, or 1997-98, call the LOC to set up testing time for 1998-99. The testing process can be used at any time during the year. The LOC also suggests that if a school changes software, they re-test that software with the LOC. The re-testing can be done at any time. With the increase in schools and volume of data, the LOC is working to standardize all the current processes. Integrated testing with the LOC is the best way to find system issues before they are found with live data. Thank you for your continued support of the Direct Loan program. Sincerely, Joe L. McCormick Chair Direct Loan Task Force |