As FAFSA Tool Outage Continues, Lawmakers Investigate Why It Happened

Clare McCann was quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education on the promised restoration of the IRS's data-retrieval tool:

"It’s definitely a good sign that they are working to put the … tool back online as quickly as possible," said Clare McCann, a senior policy analyst at New America, in an interview with The Chronicle. But it’s bad news for the millions of Fafsa filers who won’t be able to use the tool — which makes the process much easier because it imports existing tax data — to file the student-aid form, she said.