Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2003
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 181 industrial security-clearance cases in Q4 2003, granting 27% of them. That is 16 points lower than Q3 2003 (43% of 150). A year earlier, Q4 2002 recorded 28% of 113. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 85 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 229 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 9 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- October45 decided
- November70 decided
- December66 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)15%13 granted72 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)14%8 granted50 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)15%8 granted45 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)50%25 granted25 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)17%5 granted25 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)14%3 granted18 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †50%9 granted9 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted3 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 13 | 72 | 15% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 8 | 50 | 14% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 8 | 45 | 15% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 25 | 25 | 50% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 5 | 25 | 17% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 3 | 18 | 14% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 9 | 9 | 50% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 3 | 0% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 2 | 0% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 0 | 1 | 0% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 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 Q4 2003 took a median of 229 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 129 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 hearing31% granted · 125 cases
- On the written record15% granted · 40 cases
Representation
- With an attorney36% granted · 39 cases
- Self-represented25% granted · 142 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 2003-10-01 through 2003-12-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2003 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2003-q4). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.