And an enormous backlog of legislative issues awaits attention, including increasing public-sector pay and overhauling the electricity sector.
Tom DeCaigny, the Director of Cultural Affairs for the Arts Commission, told the Huffington Post in an e-mail that his organization suffers from limited resources and a backlog of outstanding issues dating back to the 1950s, '60s, and '70s when the commission' staff was even smaller, not mismanagement.
A backlog of fines issued by the Labor Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has persisted for years, with coal and mineral companies still owing the feds some $70 million for health and safety violations on their properties.
Even though the candidate may seem pleased with the terms of the compensation, they could still be carrying a backlog of uncertainty around other issues.
Tower Hamlets blamed the out-of-date valuations on "a backlog of applications due to resourcing issues" which it said had now been cleared.
He said the money would allow a backlog of planned maintenance and safety issues to be addressed but most of it would be ringfenced for future stadium improvements.
Typically Judges do not respond well to last minute issues and the Court's backlog of cases often increases the likelihood that the issues will not get scheduled for hearing in a timely fashion.
Instead, it has a backlog of major problems and some serious issues of public perception to deal with.
Senator Bernard Sanders, independent of Vermont and chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committeee, will be on C-Span's "Newsmakers," talking about issues including the backlog of benefits claims for veterans.
Once the patent office is back to operating effectively, the backlog of 1.2 million applications should yield, judging from history, roughly 780,000 issued patents, about 137,000 of which would go to small businesses.
