Rehabilitation Services Administration’s Management Information System Ken Schellenberg, Information Technology Specialist Management Information System (MIS) Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) U.S. Department of Education

2 Recent Changes and New Features With a user ID you can:  Access all public functions, as well as other areas such as Data Entry, which specifically requires a user ID. Without a user ID you can:  View information about any state;  View the annual review report for any state;  View publications and general information;  Download databases of published data;  Run ad hoc queries; and  Run preformatted and interactive Quick Tables.

3 View Information About Your State

4 View Information About Your State (cont’d.)

5 View Information About Your State (cont’d.)  Description (from the “Guide to ED Programs”)  RSA forms and reports for the program  Grantees  Grant Awards  Links to published reports for each grant award.

6 Download Databases of Published Data  Downloads all published data from the form to MS Excel, where it can be sorted, analyzed, filtered, charted.

7 Run Ad Hoc Queries

8 Run Ad Hoc Queries (cont’d.)

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10 Run Ad Hoc Queries (cont’d.)

11 Quick Tables  Build your own quick table

12 Quick Tables  “Build your own” allows people to interactively choose the tables to see and to reformat tables and charts.

13 Quick Tables  Once implemented, Quick Tables will show tables and graphs for the AT State grant program.

14 Requesting a User ID  Go to  Click “Info for new users”;  Read the information;  Click “Fill out a Request MIS Access form now”;  Fill out online forms;  System sends formatted ; and  Sign and fax back to RSA.

15 Forget Your User ID Or Password?  You can now use your address as your user ID.  Click on “Forget your user ID or password?”  Follow instructions.  Both these require a valid address.

16 Changes to Data Entry Function of MIS  MIS displays a list of states, years and forms to which you have access.  Fewer clicks!  All edit checks are performed when you click on “Mark as Complete and Submit to RSA.”

17 Contact Information  Ken Schellenberg, Administrator, MIS, RSA  th St. S.W. PCP 6022 Washington, DC   