1 System Overview

The Annual Operating Report/SDS Performance Report (AOR/SDSPR) Web Reporting System (WRS) is provided by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Division of Student Loans and Scholarships (DSLS).  The WRS is designed to support DSLS’s collection and analysis of financial data pertaining to its scholarship and loan programs for students in the health professions. The AOR is required to be completed for the Health Professions Student Loan (HPSL), Primary Care Loan (PCL), Nursing Student Loan (NSL), and Loans for Disadvantaged Students programs (LDS).  (When HPSL is mentioned, it includes the PCL and LDS programs.)  The SDSPR is required for the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program.

The Internet-based AOR/SDSPR reporting system has been designed to take advantage of the ease of accessibility and efficiency of data transfer that the World Wide Web provides.  The use of Web technologies enables DSLS to improve its data collection, tracking, reporting, and communications functions.  The WRS is located at http://wrs.hrsa.gov and may be accessed from any computer with a connection to the Internet.

The WRS and its supporting documentation are designed to be user-friendly.  Please take time to review the procedures in this document — this step will ensure your success with the WRS.

1.1 General Guidelines

Access to the WRS is restricted to personnel who have been issued the proper authorization.  All institutions required to access the WRS have been assigned a USER ID and PASSWORD that is necessary for authentication.  You should have been e-mailed your institution’s USER ID and PASSWORD.  If you did not receive this information please contact the WRS technical support staff by emailing us at wrssupport@hrsa.gov or by phone at (240) 223-3066.  Because the WRS is on the Internet, the only piece of software necessary to use it is an Internet browser.  Accessing the WRS requires that:

You have Internet access at your workstation (a connection of at least 56 Kbps);

You have an Internet browser (e.g., Internet Explorer or Netscape) installed on your computer that is at least version 5.x or higher; and

You have the basic skills and knowledge to use an Internet browser.

The purpose of this User Guide is to assist you in entering or editing AOR/SDSPR data by means of the WRS. The CDM Group, Inc. (CDM) designed and developed this system which is now hosted at HRSA OIT as part of its contract responsibilities for HRSA. Appendix A of this User Guide contains contact information for CDM WRS technical staff. Any comments or suggestions are welcome and may be sent to wrssupport@hrsa.gov.

1.2 How to Access the WRS

You may access the WRS at any time before submission to enter or edit AOR/SDSPR report information. After November 1, reports are available only for printing and reference (September 15 for PCL reports). To re-open a submitted report for edit, see Section 5.5 “Editing a Submitted Report”.

Below are the directions to access the WRS:

Connect your computer to the Internet (if not already connected).

Open your favorite browser and enter the following URL in the address field:
       http://wrs.hrsa.gov.

Press the ENTER key so that your browser can search for the WRS Internet site.

Once the Internet site is found, the AOR/SDSPR WRS Home Page will appear (Figure 1).

Figure 1: WRS Home Page