since the government is very slow to update applicants on the process, and we can't seem to get a honest direct answer these days, I've self-appointed myself:
here is my report for this Friday afternoon.
assumption #1.
Strickling is quoted recently as saying the first non-mapping funds will be announced in two weeks. TWO WEEKS?!?
Hmm. So there's a 30- day response period to get your stuff in after being notified you passed to due diligence, and then it takes the government some time to analyze your data. It looks like then if you haven't already gotten a due diligence letter/email/call AND completed the process, your chances of being named in these TWO WEEKs (allegedly) are slim to None and "Slim" just boarded a jet to Afghanistan with 29,000 of his buddies.
assumption #2.
When I contacted my RUS and USDA contacts in the past, I was told notifications about being passed to due diligence were sent out via fax and snail mail letters. I see recent tweets and have gotten word people are being called about being advanced. This is good. I don't think Mr. Strickling and Mr. Adelstein want to go before yet another congressional committee and admit to having to push back the date for making first announcements AGAIN!
Nothing like an oversight hearing to light a fire under a stack of red tape.
This means if you are one of the anxious many waiting for your turn up to the due diligence bat, you get to stalk the mail, fax machine AND now the voice mail for the word!
assumption #3
Some applicants have been contacted and told they have until January 2 to get their responses in, which means there will not be one announcement about all winners en masse in TWO WEEKS (allegedly), but rather rolling announcements, similar as we've seen with the mapping grants winners. So, even if you won't be in that list of initial proposed funding projects, there's still hope Santa Clause (or "Elijah" depending on your religious persuasion) may pass by your house this winter and come in the form of a Due Diligence notification.
This can be particularly helpful for those going after private matching funding. No one funds "hope" but a due diligence notification gets you closer to Yes! Yes?
in the irreverent words of Jesse Jackson, "Keep Hope Alive!"
Director of Broadband Stimulus Funding Assumptions
here is my report for this Friday afternoon.
assumption #1.
Strickling is quoted recently as saying the first non-mapping funds will be announced in two weeks. TWO WEEKS?!?
Hmm. So there's a 30- day response period to get your stuff in after being notified you passed to due diligence, and then it takes the government some time to analyze your data. It looks like then if you haven't already gotten a due diligence letter/email/call AND completed the process, your chances of being named in these TWO WEEKs (allegedly) are slim to None and "Slim" just boarded a jet to Afghanistan with 29,000 of his buddies.
assumption #2.
When I contacted my RUS and USDA contacts in the past, I was told notifications about being passed to due diligence were sent out via fax and snail mail letters. I see recent tweets and have gotten word people are being called about being advanced. This is good. I don't think Mr. Strickling and Mr. Adelstein want to go before yet another congressional committee and admit to having to push back the date for making first announcements AGAIN!
Nothing like an oversight hearing to light a fire under a stack of red tape.
This means if you are one of the anxious many waiting for your turn up to the due diligence bat, you get to stalk the mail, fax machine AND now the voice mail for the word!
assumption #3
Some applicants have been contacted and told they have until January 2 to get their responses in, which means there will not be one announcement about all winners en masse in TWO WEEKS (allegedly), but rather rolling announcements, similar as we've seen with the mapping grants winners. So, even if you won't be in that list of initial proposed funding projects, there's still hope Santa Clause (or "Elijah" depending on your religious persuasion) may pass by your house this winter and come in the form of a Due Diligence notification.
This can be particularly helpful for those going after private matching funding. No one funds "hope" but a due diligence notification gets you closer to Yes! Yes?
in the irreverent words of Jesse Jackson, "Keep Hope Alive!"
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