Cumulus College Quest

As Ronald Reagan once said in jest, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help.   When it comes to the DRT (Data Retrieval Tool), the intent was to make FAFSA completion easier.  Since the FAFSA asks for things like AGI, taxes paid, etc, instead of forcing parents to recall their exact numbers, they developed the DRT which automatically retrieves those things from the appropriate year's tax return and populates them in the right spot on the FAFSA.  

Unfortunately, the IRS got a little shaky when they discovered a possible data breach and subsequently suspended the use of the DRT until further notice.  That further notice has now occurred and the DRT is back and available WITH CONDITIONS.   Those conditions are intended to further SECURE your transferred data.  Accomplishment of that goal is achieved by making the transferred numbers INVISIBLE.  Yep, they are hidden from view and only digitally available to the FAFSA algorithms.  Seems pretty secure if no one can see those numbers, ...