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According to the agencies, they hope to be able to turn around 98% of cases within 30 days and the remaining 2% within 90 days. They plan on achieving this by June 2009. In the mean time, the agencies hope to meet the following completion goals:
May 2008 - Process all name checks pending three years or more
July 2008 - Process all name checks pending two years or more
November 2008 - Process all name checks pending more than one year
February 2009 - Process all name checks pending more than six months
June 2009 - Meet the time frames noted above
Download uscis_news_release_plan_to_eliminate_fbi_name_check_backlog_20080402.pdf
Now FBI want to clear the names quickly. It does not matter anyway. Enough harm was already done.
On side note, better late than never.
I fear name check will remain a major bottleneck for years to come.