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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On January 7, 2011, ED announced that the DL Consolidation System and
Website would take advantage of the long federal holiday weekend (Monday, Jan
17 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) and be down beginning Friday, January 14th
at 6pm ET through Monday, Jan 17<sup>th</sup> at 8:00am ET.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This means that any student that needs to consolidate his/her loans
(for personal preference, public service loan forgiveness, default resolution,
etc.) will not be able to submit his/her application this weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The interactive voice response system at the DL Consolidation Center
will be unavailable during this time as well.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For all details, see <a
href="http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/010711OutageAlert.html">ED’s
e-nnouncement</a> on the outage.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>In addition, you can read <a
href="http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/attachments/010711MLKingJrClosings.pdf">ED’s
e-nnouncement</a> on how it will handle information coming into the system on
the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (Jan 17) as its offices will be closed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><b><font size=5 color=navy face=Sylfaen><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:Sylfaen;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Penny Gandy</span></font></b> <br>
<b><font size=2 color=navy face=Sylfaen><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Sylfaen;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Outreach Services Manager</span></font></b>
<br>
<strong><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Sylfaen><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Sylfaen;color:navy'>Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program</span></font></b></strong><b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Sylfaen><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Sylfaen;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'><br>
<em><i><font face=Sylfaen><span style='font-family:Sylfaen'>A Division of the
State Regents for Higher Education</span></font></i></em></span></font></b> <br>
<b><font size=2 color=navy face=Sylfaen><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Sylfaen;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>PO Box 3000</span></font></b> <br>
<b><font size=2 color=navy face=Sylfaen><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Sylfaen;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Oklahoma City, OK
73101-3000</span></font></b> <br>
<b><font size=2 color=navy face=Sylfaen><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Sylfaen;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>p. (405)
234-4364 f. (405) 234-4553</span></font></b> <br>
<b><font size=2 color=navy face=Sylfaen><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Sylfaen;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>(TDD/TRS) 800-522-8506</span></font></b>
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<b><font size=2 color=navy face=Sylfaen><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Sylfaen;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><a
href="mailto:pgandy@ogslp.org">pgandy@ogslp.org</a></span></font></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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