The Financial Partners channel, in cooperation with the GA and lender community, has implemented several on-line financial data exchange applications.  The applications are designed to reduce costs associated with manually preparing and mailing paper documents and to improve the speed and accuracy of payments to and remittances from existing FFEL program participants.  Below are documents to assist you in your efforts to exchange data with FSA. 

GAFR--Form 2000:

• Guaranty Agency Financial Report (GAFR) Interim Instructions Manual 2004  [Word - 67 pages]
• Financial Management System Guaranty Agency Users Guide 2001 [Word - 43 pages]
• Financial Management System FFEL-GA Financial Partners Users Guide 2001 [Word - 138 pages]
• Blank Guaranty Agency Financial Report (GAFR--Form 2000) [Word - 9 pages]
• Guaranty Agency Financial Report (GAFR) Instructions Manual 2003 [Word - 79 pages]

LAP/LARS:

• LAP User Guide [Word - 66 pages],
• LaRS External User Guide [Word - 109 pages] 
• Funds Remittance Process Guide [Word - 33 pages]
• LaRS file transfer overview, file layout and sample file layout [Word - 27 pages],
• LAP/LaRS FAQ document [Word - 3 pages],  
• LaRS Helpful Hints document [Word - 2 pages],
• [NEW] How to Run a Lender Search Report - Lenders [Word - 13 pages], and
• [NEW] How to Run a Lender Search Report - Servicers [Word - 13 pages].

Federally-Insured Student Loan (FISL) Claims Request--ED Form 1207 [XLS - 1 page] (submitted to ED as needed) and an ED Form 1207 instructions document [PDF - 3 pages] is also available.

Submit hard copy ED Form 1207s to:
U.S. Department of Education
Financial Management
P.O. Box 2768
Washington, DC 20013-2768