Roger Toussaint, a leader of the New Directions Caucus, a faction of the Transport Workers Union, contended yesterday that a longstanding shortage of signal and switch supervisors had contributed to a backlog of secondary inspections and that supervisors were under constant pressure to catch up.
Critics say the Home Office's actions have left the immigration status of some claimants unclear, contributing to a backlog of cases that have yet to be decided.
At the same time a merged court system was put into effect that is now recognized as a failure, contributing to the backlog of felony cases.
A massive backlog has contributed to the possibility of being deported while waiting for the U Visa.
June's marked growth of new business contributed to a rise in backlogs of work at Scottish firms - the first such increase in 22 months, according to the survey.
Lynch said that the funding will also help jurisdictions "examine a variety of factors that may have contributed to the current backlog, such as evidence collection systems, storage methods, police practices, prosecutorial policies and laboratory procedures".
The head of the Passport Office has disclosed that there are nearly 500,000 passport applications still "in progress" as a union representative said staffing cuts had contributed to the huge backlog.
The report, by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a nonpartisan group that analyzes data about federal government performance, found that the shortage of judges had contributed to a 19percentt increase in the backlog of cases since 2006 and a 23percentt increase in the time it takes to resolve them.
The lack of judges in immigration courts has contributed to a years-long backlog.
Other factors contributed to the missteps, including inheriting a backlog of 20,000 unresolved customer service requests from Verizon.
