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:

FY	Window close	Days passed	PIA approved	Days passed	First FCDL	Total days	Millions	Applications
2016	5/26/2016	14	6/9/2016	7	6/16/2016	21	?	?
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 guess I'll have to post it again after we learn the amount of dollars or number of applications approved.