"We've ramped up the number of staff processing farm household allowance claims," he said.
"While we accept that procurement cards have a role to play in reducing the bureaucratic cost of processing small claims, the number of staff with access to them continues to grow and some of the claims involved are eye-watering and require explanation.
This allows for more efficient processing of passengers with fewer staff, as well as makes it possible to detect both delays and security threats well ahead of boarding.
At a hearing in November the tribunal heard evidence from Brandis's chief of staff, Paul O'Sullivan, that processing the diary extracts was a substantial burden because it would require more than 100 consultations with people the attorney general had met over the period requested.
In fact, since the abolition was announced, the smaller team of staff now there have made remarkable achievements in processing FOI applications.
Data processing and creation of display maps require about another seven days of staff time each year.
In Oregon, cuts have reduced critical support staff, slowing the processing of cases.
A range of staff were involved with training for handling HPV tests that would then be sent for processing at a hub HPV testing laboratory.
They do everything based on collecting and processing of collected data, using data to evaluate staff and to help them improve their work efficiency (Davenport et al. 2010).
Processing of DNA was done by Joe DeYoung and staff at the Southern California Genotyping Consortium at University of California, Los Angeles, following standard procedures.
