Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2005
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 280 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2005, granting 41% of them. That is 2 points higher than Q1 2005 (39% of 392). A year earlier, Q2 2004 recorded 30% of 267. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 135 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 312 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 4 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April88 decided
- May98 decided
- June94 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)27%37 granted98 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)37%36 granted62 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)52%44 granted40 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)41%24 granted34 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)26%9 granted26 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)39%13 granted20 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)36%10 granted18 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †17%1 granted5 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †40%2 granted3 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †100%2 granted0 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †100%2 granted0 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †100%1 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 37 | 98 | 27% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 36 | 62 | 37% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 44 | 40 | 52% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 24 | 34 | 41% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 9 | 26 | 26% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 13 | 20 | 39% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 10 | 18 | 36% |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 1 | 5 | 17% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 2 | 3 | 40% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 2 | 0 | 100% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 2 | 0 | 100% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 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 2005 took a median of 312 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 202 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 308 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing51% granted · 185 cases
- On the written record22% granted · 76 cases
Representation
- With an attorney56% granted · 62 cases
- Self-represented37% granted · 218 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 2005-04-01 through 2005-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2005 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2005-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.