I called the board last year when I took the exam first time, the lady was kind enough, but had no information, and couldn't answer any questions I had. I wasn't on any message boards at that point, so I only saw the NCEES website update that said that "PE results were released to the states" - I think I got my results online within a day of seeing the NCEES update - but now that I understand that NJ has to validate the scores before NCEES can release them, I realize its arbitrary.