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The following information is taken from two publications: OSPs 2020 FICS Program Overview – Year end report, and the 2021 FICS Program Overview – Year end report. (FICS Firearms Instant Check System). These are year end mandated reports.
To summarize for those not wishing to read a lot, from past performance there is absolutely NO REASON why OSP cannot process the entire wait list of 30-40,000 applicants in the 30 day period starting Dec 8th. To not do so would be nothing less than deliberate obstruction of an established process to complete such applications.
To support such a contention I am using their data from their reports. Read on!
The 2020 Report Summary
In 2020 they processed 418,061 applications (an average of 34,838 a month). This was with a FICS staff of 30 permanent employees, the unit operates 14 hours a day and 7 days a week, 363 days a year. (14 to 20 staff assigned per day). The 2020 report indicates that an average of 37 percent of applications process automatically not needing staff to process, I assume these are the "Instant" approvals. Those not granted the automatic (Instant) approval are considered "Pending". The data for 2020 is markedly different than prior years in that a very large percentage of the Pending (41 percent) took from 120 to 365 days to complete. There was mention of COvid impacts to the processing and function of the unit, perhaps explaining this change from prior years. Nevertheless with approx 37 percent of applications "Instantly" processed and roughly 19 percent of the remaining processed in 0-10 days, a big chunk got thru quickly.
2021 Report
A significant staffing change was initiated but not yet fullfilled. Oregon legislature granted approval and funding for 17 additional staff, an increase of over 50 percent from prior year. Recruitment began in the fall (November), and training was expected to begin in January of 2022. The 2021 report shows a total of 338,330 transactions for the year (28,194 a month average). This report indicated "approximately 38 percent of the requests are processed automatically". Unfortunately it does not give the actual number/or percentage. Of the remaining pending transactions 49 percent of these were processed in 0-10 days. That combined with the approx 38 percent that made it thru automatically (Instant) shows a really high number quickly processed, still without the added staffing which would occur in 2022. Approximately 21 percent of the Pending transactions fell in the 121-365 day category. I need to note that the report indicates that the 2021 actuals will not be finalized until the 2023 report (why it would take 2 years to "finalize" that data seems strange but whada I know?)
2022??
All I gotta say is that in 2022 with increased staffing of over 50 percent OSP FICS should be able to easily process over 36,000 transactions over a 30 day period. Keep in mind in 2020 with less staffing an average of 34,838 transactions were processed per month. If anything less is done in the 30 days following Dec 8th, something really stinks. If that does occur it makes the case that increased staffing results in deceased accomplishments, and therefore all State/local Gov staffing should be cut by 50 percent, productivity and services accordingly would increase.
Note: there is a lot of specific data, and county by county data in these reports, you can find em on line.
To summarize for those not wishing to read a lot, from past performance there is absolutely NO REASON why OSP cannot process the entire wait list of 30-40,000 applicants in the 30 day period starting Dec 8th. To not do so would be nothing less than deliberate obstruction of an established process to complete such applications.
To support such a contention I am using their data from their reports. Read on!
The 2020 Report Summary
In 2020 they processed 418,061 applications (an average of 34,838 a month). This was with a FICS staff of 30 permanent employees, the unit operates 14 hours a day and 7 days a week, 363 days a year. (14 to 20 staff assigned per day). The 2020 report indicates that an average of 37 percent of applications process automatically not needing staff to process, I assume these are the "Instant" approvals. Those not granted the automatic (Instant) approval are considered "Pending". The data for 2020 is markedly different than prior years in that a very large percentage of the Pending (41 percent) took from 120 to 365 days to complete. There was mention of COvid impacts to the processing and function of the unit, perhaps explaining this change from prior years. Nevertheless with approx 37 percent of applications "Instantly" processed and roughly 19 percent of the remaining processed in 0-10 days, a big chunk got thru quickly.
2021 Report
A significant staffing change was initiated but not yet fullfilled. Oregon legislature granted approval and funding for 17 additional staff, an increase of over 50 percent from prior year. Recruitment began in the fall (November), and training was expected to begin in January of 2022. The 2021 report shows a total of 338,330 transactions for the year (28,194 a month average). This report indicated "approximately 38 percent of the requests are processed automatically". Unfortunately it does not give the actual number/or percentage. Of the remaining pending transactions 49 percent of these were processed in 0-10 days. That combined with the approx 38 percent that made it thru automatically (Instant) shows a really high number quickly processed, still without the added staffing which would occur in 2022. Approximately 21 percent of the Pending transactions fell in the 121-365 day category. I need to note that the report indicates that the 2021 actuals will not be finalized until the 2023 report (why it would take 2 years to "finalize" that data seems strange but whada I know?)
2022??
All I gotta say is that in 2022 with increased staffing of over 50 percent OSP FICS should be able to easily process over 36,000 transactions over a 30 day period. Keep in mind in 2020 with less staffing an average of 34,838 transactions were processed per month. If anything less is done in the 30 days following Dec 8th, something really stinks. If that does occur it makes the case that increased staffing results in deceased accomplishments, and therefore all State/local Gov staffing should be cut by 50 percent, productivity and services accordingly would increase.
Note: there is a lot of specific data, and county by county data in these reports, you can find em on line.