The U.S. Department of Education announced the posting of the 2020-2021 EDExpress for Windows Packaging Technical Reference in PDF format on the Federal Student Aid Download (FSAdownload) website, located at: https://fsadownload.ed.gov/
The Packaging Technical Reference provides instructions and record layouts for schools and other organizations that need to integrate their software or systems with the EDExpress 2020-2021 Packaging module (available late September 2019). Record layouts are included for all imports from external systems, such as Packaging Import External Add, Packaging Import External Change, and Packaging Import Add Funds. Packaging module setup guidance and setup worksheets are also provided.
The Packaging Technical Reference is available in the “Technical References and Guides” section of the FSAdownload website.
You can also download it directly here.
Note: As announced in previous Electronic Announcements, the FSAdownload website we be retired later this year (although it was originally supposed to be retired on August 18) and all site content will be relocated to the Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) website, located at: https://ifap.ed.gov.