Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2003
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 133 industrial security-clearance cases in Q1 2003, granting 35% of them. That is 7 points higher than Q4 2002 (28% of 113). A year earlier, Q1 2002 recorded 24% of 82. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 52 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 208 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 12 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- January16 decided
- February61 decided
- March56 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)19%10 granted42 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)18%8 granted37 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)30%11 granted26 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)56%18 granted14 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)63%19 granted11 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †38%5 granted8 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) †25%3 granted9 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †50%2 granted2 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 10 | 42 | 19% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 8 | 37 | 18% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 11 | 26 | 30% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 18 | 14 | 56% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 19 | 11 | 63% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 5 | 8 | 38% † |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 3 | 9 | 25% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 2 | 2 | 50% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 1 | 0% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 0 | 1 | 0% † |
† 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 Q1 2003 took a median of 208 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 75 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 220 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing45% granted · 93 cases
- On the written record9% granted · 35 cases
Representation
- With an attorney48% granted · 29 cases
- Self-represented31% granted · 104 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 2003-01-01 through 2003-03-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2003 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2003-q1). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.