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Committee Goals

1. Enhance communication through technology...create a federal issues portal - MASFAA's website
   • Reauthorization
   • Regional issues
   • Surveys
   • Midwest Senators, Congressmen and important committees and sub committees
   • Link to NASFAA, IFAP, etc
   • Reauthorization schedule
     
     
2. Continue to strengthen relationships with our states and NASFAA
   • Identify negotiated rulemaking regional members
   • State federal issues chairs on committee
   • Customize NASFAA surveys for Midwest
   • Message from Dallas (NASFAA) on portal
   • Support NASFAA's reauthorization initiatives
     
     
3. Increase collaboration between committees
   • Develop and implement survey instrument with research committee
   • Develop and implement web portal with webmaster
   • Federal update in newsletter
     
     
4. Have a positive, proactive impact on reauthorization
   • Visit Hill at least once
   • Portal
   • Surveys
   • MASFAA position paper