Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2003
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 199 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2003, granting 47% of them. That is 12 points higher than Q1 2003 (35% of 133). A year earlier, Q2 2002 recorded 34% of 116. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 86 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 203 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 5 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April67 decided
- May54 decided
- June78 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)28%24 granted62 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)74%55 granted19 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)37%20 granted34 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)13%7 granted45 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)60%25 granted17 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)39%9 granted14 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)23%5 granted17 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †27%3 granted8 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †50%2 granted2 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 24 | 62 | 28% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 55 | 19 | 74% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 20 | 34 | 37% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 7 | 45 | 13% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 25 | 17 | 60% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 9 | 14 | 39% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 5 | 17 | 23% |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 3 | 8 | 27% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 2 | 2 | 50% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| 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 Q2 2003 took a median of 203 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 119 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 208 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing56% granted · 144 cases
- On the written record23% granted · 44 cases
Representation
- With an attorney57% granted · 61 cases
- Self-represented42% granted · 138 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 2003-04-01 through 2003-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2003 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2003-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.