| We have also increased our capital expenditure to an average of R2-billion per annum to deal with the backlogs. |
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| It threatens to throw the Agency into chaos at a time when it is already dealing with serious backlogs. |
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| I have been calling for years for more resources to be put into the benefits service to deal with persistent backlogs. |
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| Order backlogs for Korean-built ships run to 2007, enough to keep some dockyards fully occupied in the next three years. |
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| Yet, last December we had serious backlogs in the delivery of Christmas mail when one million letters were delivered late. |
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| This is why supplier deliveries are slowing to an extreme degree, and unfilled order backlogs are inflating at a double-digit annual pace. |
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| She also said the authority had now cleared its backlogs and was working towards processing claims within 30 days when information was supplied. |
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| At a time when federal courts are already overburdened, it will make case backlogs even longer. |
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| And he said he expected there would be backlogs of undelivered post by the weekend. |
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| She was told the AEC couldn't be sure but was doing its best to deal with backlogs before deadlines clicked in. |
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| It was losing money largely because it had to ferry in extra staff to try to bring down the backlogs of unprocessed benefits claims and uncollected council tax. |
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| We are nonetheless afraid that this measure is quite inadequate for getting to grips with the existing backlogs. |
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| Current members would then be free to carry on with the normal workload of cases, ensuring that no new backlogs are created. |
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| Even the Auditor General has pointed to the backlogs creating this pull factor for false claims. |
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| Some editors initiate editing projects to improve the overall quality of the directory, and to deal with backlogs of unreviewed sumbissions. |
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| The industry began moving towards electronic confirmations and data repositories to record trades, and the backlogs started to reduce. |
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| We should also make sure we have the necessary resources in place so that we can avoid backlogs. |
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| The present omissions will be reflected as backlogs in budgets in the years to come. |
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| A number of further reforms remain to be made to the judicial system, in particular in order to reduce the backlogs of court cases. |
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| Bayliss also recommends paying close attention to things like customer orders and backlogs for early warning signs of an economic change. |
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| I do not want to allow any backlogs to build up here, as has happened in other areas of foreign aid over a number of years. |
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| Most of the international dealers surveyed routinely monitor backlogs of outstanding confirmations and report progress to senior management. |
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| Three to four-year backlogs of new systems development can be found in many departments. |
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| The legislation is responding to a clear and pressing need to address backlogs and delays within the superior trial courts. |
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| Each region sets its own processing priorities based on its own strategy for clearing backlogs. |
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| The Commission requested clarification on the issue of maintenance backlogs and whether there was a general improvement in this area. |
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| Over time, the backlogs and delays have become significant and the independence and credibility of the system seriously compromised. |
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| Current infrastructure policies are in some respects ill equipped to deal with the current backlogs, let alone the challenges of the next millennium. |
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| The ten-strong company, established in 1999, took advantage of free MAS advice to help deal with order backlogs and reduce overtime by improving productivity. |
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| Last night, critics of the service suggested overworked and under-resourced prosecutors were dealing leniently with many offenders simply to clear enormous backlogs of cases. |
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| The use of automated systems to confirm trades, whenever possible, will help accomplish this goal and help prevent a future buildup of confirmation backlogs. |
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| From the time of Elizabeth I onwards the Court was severely criticised for its slow pace, large backlogs, and high costs. |
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| The entry of Poland to the European Union enabled the country to catch up on certain backlogs in matters of equipment, notably by the injection of European funding. |
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| Production of capital goods declined as well, suffering from weaker external demand, shrinking domestic investment and the rapid depletion of order backlogs, as did output in the car industry. |
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| At the same time, the Commission had also noted that the backlogs identified on the occasion of the Scoreboard for the Laeken European Council's mid-term review had not gone away. |
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| These urgent care patients often end up going elsewhere, usually to hospital emergency rooms, and this can cause a trickle-down effect resulting in backlogs and delays across the system. |
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| First, we need to clear all backlogs in maintenance and renewals and sustain the investment required to prevent a deterioration of existing capacity. |
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| In club competitions, replays are increasingly not used due to the fixture backlogs caused. |
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| The strained workload situation has led to a build-up of backlogs in contractual renewals, delays in the provision of services and deferment of much-needed upkeep of leased premises. |
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| Benefits typically take around 16 working days to process, although backlogs mean many disability benefit claimants have waited for several months. |
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| Hatcheries that deliver chicks by mail have reported backlogs. |
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| The NPDES permit program allows states to reorient programs on a watershed basis and have short-term backlogs on NPDES permit reviews without penalty. |
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| It would be fair for her to acknowledge that backlogs have been a permanent feature of the current system, which is why we need to change the architecture of it. |
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| There are no more backlogs with regard to waivers to witnesses. |
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| Key issues identified included the lack of alternatives for resolving family law matters, the backlogs in court proceedings and the lack of preparedness of those appearing in court. |
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| As a result of the OSART inspection, OPG stated that it has already made significant improvements in its maintenance backlogs and would be raising its housekeeping standards to meet industry best practices. |
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| With increasing court backlogs, it was clear to many law reformers and politicians that serious reform was needed. |
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| With no back-up provisions, time away for vacation, sick leave, and training is problematic in that it impacts directly and immediately on client service availability and work backlogs. |
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| Analysis of changes in intake, processing times, acceptance and refusal rates, and backlogs were included in the development and amendment of the policy. |
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