Said another way, what problem are we trying to correct? The fact that an outlier case triggers some clown at Navy Times to write a piece worthy of the Weekly World News is not a good reason to change a process that works as intended 99.99 percent of the time.
Is this a serious question?
-That someone was convicted of sexual assault and it took longer than a week to get this into his OMPF.
-That someone was convicted of felonious sexual assault and not given a dishonorable discharge in the next month, so he's collecting about $80k a year to sit in prison.
-That some Navy personnel file (presumably NSIPS or DEERS) thinks he is attached to a ship, but the detailer presumably knows that he is in prison and already sent a replacement officer to the unit.
On a more philosophical note, if we're going to write off small problems as 'no one cares' as an excuse to ignore them, don't be surprised when our junior officers and enlisted take the same mentality. That goes directly against the ownership we preach.