Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2006
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 404 industrial security-clearance cases in Q1 2006, granting 35% of them. That is 4 points lower than Q4 2005 (39% of 316). A year earlier, Q1 2005 recorded 39% of 392. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 206 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 288 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 22 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- January167 decided
- February124 decided
- March113 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)28%58 granted148 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)28%41 granted103 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)21%26 granted95 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)55%60 granted50 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)14%7 granted43 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)49%22 granted23 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)19%8 granted34 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †14%2 granted12 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †44%4 granted5 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †50%3 granted3 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 58 | 148 | 28% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 41 | 103 | 28% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 26 | 95 | 21% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 60 | 50 | 55% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 7 | 43 | 14% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 22 | 23 | 49% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 8 | 34 | 19% |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 2 | 12 | 14% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 4 | 5 | 44% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 3 | 3 | 50% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 1 | 0% † |
† 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 Q1 2006 took a median of 288 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 334 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 310 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing45% granted · 286 cases
- On the written record8% granted · 111 cases
Representation
- With an attorney53% granted · 81 cases
- Self-represented30% granted · 323 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 2006-01-01 through 2006-03-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2006 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2006-q1). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.