Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2003
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 150 industrial security-clearance cases in Q3 2003, granting 43% of them. That is 4 points lower than Q2 2003 (47% of 199). A year earlier, Q3 2002 recorded 29% of 85. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 58 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 220 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 17 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- July45 decided
- August40 decided
- September65 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)29%17 granted41 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)54%30 granted26 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)48%19 granted21 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)19%7 granted30 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)46%13 granted15 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)17%4 granted20 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) †22%2 granted7 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †33%1 granted2 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †67%2 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 17 | 41 | 29% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 30 | 26 | 54% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 19 | 21 | 48% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 7 | 30 | 19% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 13 | 15 | 46% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 4 | 20 | 17% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 2 | 7 | 22% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 1 | 2 | 33% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 2 | 1 | 67% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 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 Q3 2003 took a median of 220 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 97 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 203 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing49% granted · 115 cases
- On the written record26% granted · 27 cases
Representation
- With an attorney52% granted · 46 cases
- Self-represented38% 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 2003-07-01 through 2003-09-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2003 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2003-q3). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.