For months the government insisted that all was well, despite growing evidence of a backlog.
Citizenship can take as long as 10 years because of a backlog of applications.
Because of a backlog, it took more than a year just to get the DNA analyzed.
The applications will be less complete, less well written and it will create more of a backlog".
And this is only part of a backlog at all four state residences that could run to £32m.
The Passport Office has been struggling through the summer to get on top of a backlog of applications.
Tension between labor and management is high, the study concluded, because of a backlog of more than 100,000 grievances.
An editorial on Tuesday about disability claims filed with the Department of Veterans Affairs misstated the size of a backlog.
Analysts said the impact on Boeing would be modest because of a backlog of orders for 737 aircraft.
She said she would not seek an indictment until Mr. Knight had a mental health exam, which could take months because of a backlog.
Mosley launched his appeal to the European court in 2008, but because of a backlog of cases, it is unlikely to get a hearing until 2011.
