Federal Student Aid Website Outages Scheduled for February 12, 2012

During the period of February 12, 2012, we plan to execute extended website maintenance and operating system upgrades to several Federal Student Aid websites in addition to our routine maintenance that occurs each weekend.

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we complete the required activities.

Website Impact from 5:00 A.M. (ET) until 1:00 P.M. (ET) Sunday, February 12, 2012

From 5:00 A.M. (ET) until 1:00 P.M. (ET) on Sunday, February 12, 2012, users will be unable to access many of our websites. Users attempting to access an impacted website 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)
• Direct Loan Consolidation
• FAA Access to CPS Online (including ISIR Analysis Tool and R2T4 on the Web)
• FAFSA4caster
• FAFSA on the Web
• Federal Student Aid PIN
• National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) Student Access
• StudentLoans.gov
• TEACH Grant

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