Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2006
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 423 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2006, granting 30% of them. That is 5 points lower than Q1 2006 (35% of 404). A year earlier, Q2 2005 recorded 41% of 280. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 223 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 302 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 14 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April114 decided
- May160 decided
- June149 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)17%38 granted185 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)23%37 granted124 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)19%28 granted121 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)50%54 granted55 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)15%7 granted39 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)24%11 granted34 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)43%17 granted23 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †20%3 granted12 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †60%3 granted2 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted3 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †50%1 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 38 | 185 | 17% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 37 | 124 | 23% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 28 | 121 | 19% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 54 | 55 | 50% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 7 | 39 | 15% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 11 | 34 | 24% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 17 | 23 | 43% |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 3 | 12 | 20% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 3 | 2 | 60% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 0 | 3 | 0% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 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 Q2 2006 took a median of 302 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 288 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing37% granted · 290 cases
- On the written record15% granted · 116 cases
Representation
- With an attorney46% granted · 97 cases
- Self-represented25% granted · 326 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 2006-04-01 through 2006-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2006 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2006-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.