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Thursday, June 16, 2016

Serious jacking on this wave

The first wave of FCDLs came out at 2:08 am today.  Huzzah!  And I learned about it in a series of emails.  Whooppee!

This wave certainly broke records for speed.  Only 3 weeks after the window close and one week after the FCC approved the secret PIA procedures, we have funding!  You can see below how that compares with past years.

How big was the wave?  I don't see a way to find the amount of dollars or number of applications approved.  The Search of Commitments and the Data Retrieval Tool don't have an option for 2016 funding.  I guess I'll have to wait for the press release.

Based on my own small sample, it seems that, as I predicted in 2007, once the filing window deadline was moved to May, Parkinson's Law reduced the amount of review done on small applications.  I mean really, when was it ever cost-effective to dig into a $109 monthly phone bill to see if it included an ineligible charge for $2.38?

(Some will say that the reduced need for review was due to changes in the Form 471 that gave PIA more of the info they needed.  I don't buy that.)

Life simplified for many applicants, and no real opportunity for waste, fraud or abuse.  Let's close the window in May every year.

Here's the history table updated:
FYWindow closeDays passedPIA approvedDays passedFirst FCDLTotal daysMillionsApplications
20165/26/2016146/9/201676/16/201621??
20154/16/2015-273/20/2015625/21/201535$1517,100
20143/26/2014-193/7/2014695/15/201450$60714,600
20133/14/2013575/10/2013195/29/201376$13012,023
20123/20/2012354/24/2012777/10/2012112$64623,800
20113/24/2011756/7/2011196/26/201194$39818,500
20102/11/2010915/13/2010135/26/2010104$42918,200
20092/12/2009494/2/2009264/28/200975$1346,931
20082/7/2008634/10/2008215/1/200884$35210,000
20072/8/20074/23/200774$20221,000
20062/16/20064/26/200669$1844,880
20052/17/20056/27/2005130$3427,700
20042/4/20044/27/200483$43
20031/16/20035/1/2003105$230
20021/17/20024/24/200297$2339,300
20011/18/20017/23/2001186$478
20001/19/20004/14/200086$25313,000
19993/11/19997/13/1999124$1166,000
199811/23/1998$733,000
I guess I'll have to post it again after we learn the amount of dollars or number of applications approved.

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