The NIAC campaign led the Treasury Department to alter its policies, giving "high priority to processing" aid applications for Iran.

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It plans to dramatically overhaul 32 Federal agencies to improve performance in key services, such as expediting student loan processing and speeding aid to disaster victims.

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Using some of that processing power on security and other specialized functions should aid hardware buyers, he said.

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If an affected client applied for financial aid through the FAFSA program and is waiting for their return processing to be complete in order to finalize the FAFSA application, there are manual steps they can take that will allow their FAFSA application to proceed while their return is still processing.

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But many financial-aid administrators also say private lenders do a better job than the government at processing loan applications and handling collections.

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