The Treasury blamed this delay on an unprecedented volume of participation by small investors, on failure of Congress to act in a timely fashion on the debt ceiling legislation in April, and on an unanticipated failure of word processing equipment used to prepare check schedules.
What this means for you and me is that our electronics become increasingly more powerful and efficient, with faster processing speeds that allow us to check all network packets at gigabit speeds.
Another test in the fall will enable the bureau to perform a security check on the system and ensure that it can interface with the processing system and can handle the capacity.