[Okepas] IRS Data tool

[Nelson, Lisa]

Good afternoon,
The following information was shared at our office and we wanted to make sure everyone was aware.  Letha Huddleston from UCanGo2 shared the article below and Michael Meotti, Executive Director of Washington Student Achievement Council shared the other information.

News is circulating that explains why the IRS Data Retrieval Tool was taken offline last month and will continue to be offline until the beginning of the next FAFSA cycle, which is October 1, 2017.
Read this article<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/04/06/identity-thieves-may-have-hacked-files-of-up-to-100000-financial-aid-applicants/?utm_term=.6f92eb1b1bb0> from The Washington Post to learn more.

Thanks once again, for being a positive force in your students' lives while they clear another hurdle. :)
Letha Huddleston
OCAP/UCanGo2


>From Michael Meotti, Executive Director from Washington Student Achievement Council, http://www.wsac.wa.gov/:

April 6, 2017 - Posted Q&As on the Data Retrieval Tool Outage on the ReadySetGrad.org<http://ReadySetGrad.org>  website http://readysetgrad.org/navigating-drt-outage. We also included links to IRS website for getting the tax transcript online and by mail.


Thank you for all that you do for Oklahoma students!
Have a great day!

Lisa Nelson
Assistant Director of Student Preparation
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
lnelson at osrhe.edu<mailto:lnelson at osrhe.edu>
www.okhighered.org/student-prep<http://www.okhighered.org/student-prep>
Cell:  580.614.1328

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