Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2005
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 239 industrial security-clearance cases in Q3 2005, granting 32% of them. That is 9 points lower than Q2 2005 (41% of 280). A year earlier, Q3 2004 recorded 30% of 243. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 120 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 314 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 2 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- July77 decided
- August79 decided
- September83 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)21%25 granted95 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)16%15 granted76 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)28%23 granted58 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)54%29 granted25 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)24%7 granted22 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)21%6 granted22 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †41%7 granted10 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †10%1 granted9 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †50%1 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 25 | 95 | 21% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 15 | 76 | 16% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 23 | 58 | 28% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 29 | 25 | 54% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 7 | 22 | 24% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 6 | 22 | 21% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 7 | 10 | 41% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 1 | 9 | 10% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
† 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 2005 took a median of 314 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 191 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 312 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing40% granted · 156 cases
- On the written record17% granted · 76 cases
Representation
- With an attorney51% granted · 55 cases
- Self-represented27% granted · 184 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 2005-07-01 through 2005-09-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2005 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2005-q3). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.