Not when it's for a court case or a legal requirement, in which case they put one or more people on it full time until it's done and make sure whoever else needs to get them the data is in the loop and knows it's a priority.

Bureaucracy is what slows down larger companies, but that's because incentives aren't aligned. When incentives are aligned and priority is understood, often that bureaucracy fades away to a large extent, even if for short periods.