"When you request a paper check, the bulk of the delay is Uncle Sam," he said, invoking the check-is-in-the-mail defense.
Government lawyers said any delay in the mailing — or any requirement that the mailing be revised — would cause "significant harm" to the agency and "interfere with its ability to carry out its core functions".
Pep Boys said that on Thursday last week, Gores had asked for a 30-day delay in the mailing of the proxy statement, a document sent to investors in advance of a shareholder vote on the pending takeover.
Summons to appear for examination to serve as a juror delayed in the mail.
The New Yorker, January 30 , 1943P. 56 Summons to appear for examination to serve as a juror delayed in the mail.
Had thousands of absentee ballots in his favor not been delayed in the mail, Mr. Huhne would probably have won the leadership of the Liberal Democrats in 2007, instead of losing narrowly to his chief rival, Nick Clegg.
To account for possible delays in the mail, the state waits until 15 days after Election Day before it counts absentee ballots, which could determine whether they need to count the write-in ballots.
In processing medical payments, the longstanding promise of computer networks has been their ability to convey insurance claims and other billing records, without need of the paperwork and documents that can be delayed in the mail or waylaid in some bureaucrat's file drawer.
Jerry Markon, a Homeland Security reporter for the Washington Post who recently wrote about the topic, told HuffPost Live's Caroline Monarressy-Tehrani on Monday that the current immigration process requires applicants to fill out roughly 95 forms that are frequently lost or delayed in the mail.
Don't forget to account for delays in the mail service, if applicable.
