Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2004
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 260 industrial security-clearance cases in Q4 2004, granting 37% of them. That is 7 points higher than Q3 2004 (30% of 243). A year earlier, Q4 2003 recorded 27% of 181. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 118 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 279 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 15 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- October69 decided
- November97 decided
- December94 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)24%28 granted90 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)53%49 granted44 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)19%14 granted58 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)20%14 granted57 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)48%20 granted22 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)44%14 granted18 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)19%5 granted21 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †18%2 granted9 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †67%2 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †100%1 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 28 | 90 | 24% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 49 | 44 | 53% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 14 | 58 | 19% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 14 | 57 | 20% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 20 | 22 | 48% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 14 | 18 | 44% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 5 | 21 | 19% |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 2 | 9 | 18% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 2 | 1 | 67% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| 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 Q4 2004 took a median of 279 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 199 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 294 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing43% granted · 177 cases
- On the written record18% granted · 71 cases
Representation
- With an attorney45% granted · 69 cases
- Self-represented34% 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 2004-10-01 through 2004-12-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2004 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2004-q4). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.