Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2002
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 113 industrial security-clearance cases in Q4 2002, granting 28% of them. That is 1 point lower than Q3 2002 (29% of 85). A year earlier, Q4 2001 recorded 28% of 64. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 54 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 220 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 32 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- October29 decided
- November34 decided
- December50 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)15%8 granted46 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)15%7 granted40 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)26%10 granted29 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)50%13 granted13 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)57%13 granted10 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †13%2 granted14 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) †8%1 granted12 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †100%1 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 8 | 46 | 15% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 7 | 40 | 15% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 10 | 29 | 26% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 13 | 13 | 50% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 13 | 10 | 57% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 2 | 14 | 13% † |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 1 | 12 | 8% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 2 | 0% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 1 | 0% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 0 | 1 | 0% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 1 | 0 | 100% † |
† 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 Q4 2002 took a median of 220 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 62 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 188 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing35% granted · 74 cases
- On the written record17% granted · 35 cases
Representation
- With an attorney40% granted · 30 cases
- Self-represented24% granted · 83 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 2002-10-01 through 2002-12-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2002 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2002-q4). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.