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UNCLASSIFIED Student Loan Repayment Program Policy Guide. Appendix B: Definitions and Acronyms. Definitions Application review (i.e., by the supervisor, FBIHQ division or FO head, or the SLRP, HRD) (1) the assessment of information within an officially submitted application; (2) the coordination deemed necessary to complete the assessment; and (3) the determination(s) resulting from the application assessment. Application submission: the successful completion and receipt by HRD of a current application form with required up-to-date FBI employee and Ioan information through the established SLRP applications system, as noted in instructions and required by policy. Approval: (1) a final decision by the HRO to initiate repayment toward a qualifying student. loan(s) on a submitted application, as well as the actual repayment amount(s) in pretax dollars; and (2) all Ioan-specific determinations made as part of the final decision, based on related SLRP, HRD reviews; regulatory and policy requirements; the current-year's attrition rate of FBI positions;, and the established funding allocation Balance requested: the amount that is calculated by the system based on the loan information entered by the recipient, applied first to the Ioan with the highest balance and not exceeding the annual limit of $10,000 (the approved amount may be less than the balance requested) Canvass announcement: the HRD-initiated official notice that the SLRP will accept applications for consideration for the current FY, normally accompanied by procedural guidance specific to the current FY. Division or field office head: the highest-level permanent manager in the FBI employee's FBIHQ division or FO and within the employee's official supervisory-managerial line; or the FBIHQ division or FO head's desginee who is permanently at the SC or assistant special agent in charge (ASAC) level or higher and is within the employee's official supervisory-managerial line Eligible FBI employee: an individual who is employed directly by the FBI and meets all criteria for SLRP consideration (e.g., length of service, appointment type, most recent summary performance appraisal rating, and recent formal disciplinary history), as defined in this PG. Gross up: to increase the approved pretax repayment amount so that the net amount equals or is as close as feasible to the approved balance requested amount, adjusting for tax withholdings and deductions on an approval amount under $10,000 and not exceeding the annual and lifetime maximums allowed Jointly held loan: a student loan-usually, a federal consolidation loan-that is held by the applicant and another individual (e.g., a spouse). Such a loan is only eligible for SLRP benefits if portion is identified in the application by a combination of the common loan account number and a unique identifier). Lender: a lending institution or organization that is the loan holder, to whom the applicant makes payments on the FBI employee's Ioan, and that OwD recognizes for the purpose of making approved repayments. The lender may not be the same institution as the one through. which the loan was established. B-1 UNCLASSIFIED