Submitted by: Gene Logan, USA Funds Services

If you are seeing fewer loans on the student loan delinquency reports you get from your guarantor, it could be to the result of your hard work. But more than likely some loans are being put to the U.S. Department of Education and are being reported in different formats by their new servicers.

The Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 permits holders of Federal Family Education Loan Program loans to sell or put loans to the Department of Education to provide financing for new student loans.

To determine the servicer for individual put loans, go to the National Student Loan Data System (www.nslds.ed.gov). NSLDS will be updated to include servicer information within approximately seven to 10 business days after the loan is assigned to a servicer.

The chart below shows how NSLDS will display the servicer, as well as the borrower contact phone number and Web site.

Servicer Name	NSLDS Servicer Name	NSLDS Servicer Code	Borrower Contact Information
Dept. of Education Student Loan Servicing Center (ACS)	DEPT OF ED/ACS	700577	(800) 508-1378 www.ed-servicing.com
FedLoan Servicing (PHEAA)	DEPT OF ED/FEDLOAN SERVICING (PHEAA)	700579	(800) 699-2908 www.myfedloan.org
Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc.	DEPT OF ED/GREAT LAKES	700581	(800) 236-4300 www.mygreatlakes.org
Nelnet	DEPT OF ED/NELNET	700580	(888) 486-4722 www.nelnet.com
Sallie Mae	DEPT OF ED/SALLIE MAE	700578	(800) 722-1300 www.salliemae.com

Helping borrowers become more familiar with NSLDS is an excellent way to minimize confusion when repayment starts. NSLDS will be the system of record to show where FFELP and direct loans are held.