Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2002
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 116 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2002, granting 34% of them. That is 10 points higher than Q1 2002 (24% of 82). Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 58 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 175 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 15 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April38 decided
- May47 decided
- June31 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)24%14 granted44 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)12%4 granted30 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)21%7 granted26 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)55%17 granted14 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)66%19 granted10 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) †31%4 granted9 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †50%4 granted4 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted3 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †100%2 granted0 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †50%1 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 14 | 44 | 24% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 4 | 30 | 12% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 7 | 26 | 21% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 17 | 14 | 55% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 19 | 10 | 66% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 4 | 9 | 31% † |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 4 | 4 | 50% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 3 | 0% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 2 | 0 | 100% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
† fewer than 20 decided cases, too few to generalize. Cases often raise several concerns, so rows overlap.
Time from Statement of Reasons to decision
Cases decided in Q2 2002 took a median of 175 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 63 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 160 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing39% granted · 84 cases
- On the written record19% granted · 26 cases
Representation
- With an attorney37% granted · 35 cases
- Self-represented33% granted · 81 cases
An association in the decided record, not a measure of what representation causes: represented and self-represented cases can differ in many ways.
Population: decided hearing-level STANDARD_ISCR decisions dated 2002-04-01 through 2002-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2002 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2002-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.