"2) Use smaller amounts of assays, instead of huge globs, so that any irregularities that might occur do not affect such large amounts of information over such long periods of time. More frequent news releases can be used, causing less angst and yielding more information, with less opportunity for critical leaks."

Are you asking them to hold onto cores until they get results from previous cores back? That would be interesting but perhaps not efficient for them. I believe it is not that they are sending in "huge gobs" of cores as much as the cores are just accumulating at the lab due to the slowness of their assay procedure. I imagine that once the new lab is up to power the problem will take care of itself. These are just my own impressions.