Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2005
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 316 industrial security-clearance cases in Q4 2005, granting 39% of them. That is 7 points higher than Q3 2005 (32% of 239). A year earlier, Q4 2004 recorded 37% of 260. Foreign Influence was the most common concern, appearing in 116 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 310 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 4 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- October105 decided
- November105 decided
- December106 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Foreign Influence (B)53%62 granted54 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)27%30 granted83 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)31%29 granted66 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)18%16 granted74 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)56%23 granted18 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)35%14 granted26 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)30%8 granted19 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †9%1 granted10 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †75%3 granted1 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †50%1 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign Influence (B) | 62 | 54 | 53% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 30 | 83 | 27% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 29 | 66 | 31% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 16 | 74 | 18% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 23 | 18 | 56% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 14 | 26 | 35% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 8 | 19 | 30% |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 1 | 10 | 9% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 3 | 1 | 75% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 0 | 2 | 0% † |
| 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 Q4 2005 took a median of 310 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 248 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 314 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing44% granted · 252 cases
- On the written record13% granted · 53 cases
Representation
- With an attorney49% granted · 87 cases
- Self-represented34% granted · 229 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 2005-10-01 through 2005-12-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2005 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2005-q4). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.