Sentence examples for backlog of decisions from inspiring English sources

"It's a longer process, but there hasn't been a backlog of decisions," he said.

The culture of deference means that there is always a backlog of vital decisions at the State Counsellor's door.

More than 75,000 people have applied for asylum in the past year; a backlog of 93,365 are awaiting decisions.

The report also found assumptions about the process were not fully tested and proved incorrect, resulting in significant delays to benefit decisions and a backlog of claims.

That decision created a backlog of permits awaiting review.

There is a backlog of half-a-million applications, with decision times of up to five years for technology-related patents.

As laid out by Erik Eckholm in The Times on Monday, the backlog of applicants who are awaiting a decision after appealing an initial rejection has soared to 755,000 from 311,000 in 2000.

The effects of these obstacles include a lack of longer-term, strategic focus for decisions, an ever-growing backlog of delayed work from previous iterations, and a lack of team engagement.

The official, Michael J. Astrue, the commissioner of Social Security, said Sunday that "governors are hurting their own states, their own citizens, and increasing the backlog of claims" by furloughing workers who make disability decisions.

The new system aimed to introduce faster decision-making to resolve the backlog of cases.

The draft regulations seek to reduce the backlog of 55,000 cases pending before a federal panel that reviews decisions by immigration judges, but by means that critics say would jeopardize noncitizens' rights.