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EDE Technical Reference Manual now available
July 17, 2019
Fans of the EDE Technical Reference manual can now get their hands on the 2020-2021 version.
In a July 15 Electronic Announcement, the Department of Education said the complete version 2020-2021 Electronic Data Exchange (EDE) Technical Reference is now available online. The EDE Technical Reference provides programmer specifications, record layouts, and other detailed information for schools or other organizations that need to design software systems to interface with Federal Student Aid's application processing system.
In this release of the manual are updated versions of the Cover, Table of Contents, Change History log, Overview, EDE Processing, Processing Codes, and Printing sections and includes updated Record Layouts and Processing Codes sections, which were posted in May 2019.
If you have questions, contact CPS/SAIG Technical Support at 1-800-330-5947 (TDD/TTY 1-800-511-5806) or by e-mail at CPSSAIG@ed.gov.