Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2006
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 223 industrial security-clearance cases in Q3 2006, granting 27% of them. That is 3 points lower than Q2 2006 (30% of 423). A year earlier, Q3 2005 recorded 32% of 239. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 116 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 283 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 19 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- July73 decided
- August82 decided
- September68 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)16%18 granted98 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)25%27 granted80 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)22%16 granted56 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)42%14 granted19 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)25%8 granted24 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)0%0 granted20 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †38%6 granted10 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted5 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †25%1 granted3 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted3 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 18 | 98 | 16% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 27 | 80 | 25% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 16 | 56 | 22% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 14 | 19 | 42% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 8 | 24 | 25% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 0 | 20 | 0% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 6 | 10 | 38% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 0 | 5 | 0% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 3 | 25% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 3 | 0% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 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 Q3 2006 took a median of 283 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 181 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 302 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing31% granted · 170 cases
- On the written record13% granted · 46 cases
Representation
- With an attorney28% granted · 46 cases
- Self-represented27% granted · 177 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 2006-07-01 through 2006-09-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2006 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2006-q3). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.