Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2004
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 243 industrial security-clearance cases in Q3 2004, granting 30% of them. That grant rate matches Q2 2004 (30% of 267). A year earlier, Q3 2003 recorded 43% of 150. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 132 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 294 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 30 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- July74 decided
- August87 decided
- September82 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)18%24 granted108 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)22%19 granted69 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)13%9 granted62 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)56%35 granted28 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)29%11 granted27 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)21%6 granted22 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)50%13 granted13 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †11%1 granted8 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †100%1 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 24 | 108 | 18% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 19 | 69 | 22% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 9 | 62 | 13% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 35 | 28 | 56% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 11 | 27 | 29% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 6 | 22 | 21% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 13 | 13 | 50% |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 1 | 8 | 11% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 0 | 1 | 0% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 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 Q3 2004 took a median of 294 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 166 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 264 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing41% granted · 133 cases
- On the written record15% granted · 91 cases
Representation
- With an attorney50% granted · 52 cases
- Self-represented25% granted · 191 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 2004-07-01 through 2004-09-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2004 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2004-q3). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.