Last hurdle cleared?

Today the FCC approved the PIA application processing procedures.  For those of you unfamiliar with what that means, every year, USAC sends the FCC a secret document describing the procedures they will use to review applications.  (That used to be a 700-page tome, but I wonder if it's larger or smaller than last year with the new EPC system.)  The FCC has determined that the procedures for routine processing of funding applications is actually a law-enforcement activity, and thus exempt from Freedom of Information Act requirements.  So we have the ironic situation of the FCC publicly approving rules that are kept secret.

Now that the Form 486 is available on EPC, and PIA processing rules have been approved, we could see the first wave of funding approvals at any time.  I'm betting on Tuesday, June 14th, but that's a total guess.  In the past, it has never been less than 13 days between the approval of PIA procedures and release of the first funding wave, but this could definitely be the year that the record falls.  It definitely seems like we'll be setting a new record for the fewest days between the close of the window and the date of the first FCDL.

Here's a table of dates from past years:

FY	Window close	Days passed	PIA approved	Days passed	First FCDL	Total days	Millions	Applications
2016	5/26/2016	14	6/9/2016
2015	4/16/2015	-27	3/20/2015	62	5/21/2015	35	$151	7,100
2014	3/26/2014	-19	3/7/2014	69	5/15/2014	50	$607	14,600
2013	3/14/2013	57	5/10/2013	19	5/29/2013	76	$130	12,023
2012	3/20/2012	35	4/24/2012	77	7/10/2012	112	$646	23,800
2011	3/24/2011	75	6/7/2011	19	6/26/2011	94	$398	18,500
2010	2/11/2010	91	5/13/2010	13	5/26/2010	104	$429	18,200
2009	2/12/2009	49	4/2/2009	26	4/28/2009	75	$134	6,931
2008	2/7/2008	63	4/10/2008	21	5/1/2008	84	$352	10,000
2007	2/8/2007				4/23/2007	74	$202	21,000
2006	2/16/2006				4/26/2006	69	$184	4,880
2005	2/17/2005				6/27/2005	130	$342	7,700
2004	2/4/2004				4/27/2004	83	$43
2003	1/16/2003				5/1/2003	105	$230
2002	1/17/2002				4/24/2002	97	$233	9,300
2001	1/18/2001				7/23/2001	186	$478
2000	1/19/2000				4/14/2000	86	$253	13,000
1999	3/11/1999				7/13/1999	124	$116	6,000
1998					11/23/1998		$73	3,000

I'll update that in a post after the first wave comes out.