Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2004
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 267 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2004, granting 30% of them. That is 10 points lower than Q1 2004 (40% of 240). A year earlier, Q2 2003 recorded 47% of 199. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 120 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 264 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 41 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April92 decided
- May65 decided
- June110 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)19%23 granted97 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)24%22 granted70 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)15%12 granted70 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)44%28 granted35 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)24%8 granted26 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)29%8 granted20 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)41%11 granted16 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted4 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted2 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) | 23 | 97 | 19% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 22 | 70 | 24% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 12 | 70 | 15% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 28 | 35 | 44% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 8 | 26 | 24% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 8 | 20 | 29% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 11 | 16 | 41% |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 4 | 0% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 0 | 2 | 0% † |
| 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 Q2 2004 took a median of 264 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 171 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 223 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing41% granted · 160 cases
- On the written record12% granted · 81 cases
Representation
- With an attorney52% granted · 52 cases
- Self-represented24% granted · 215 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 2004-04-01 through 2004-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2004 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2004-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.