Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2006
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 317 industrial security-clearance cases in Q4 2006, granting 28% of them. That is 1 point higher than Q3 2006 (27% of 223). A year earlier, Q4 2005 recorded 39% of 316. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 168 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 223 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 60 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- October102 decided
- November92 decided
- December123 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)23%38 granted130 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)24%38 granted121 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)22%24 granted87 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)36%14 granted25 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)28%11 granted28 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)26%10 granted28 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †35%6 granted11 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †18%2 granted9 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †63%5 granted3 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †29%2 granted5 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 38 | 130 | 23% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 38 | 121 | 24% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 24 | 87 | 22% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 14 | 25 | 36% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 11 | 28 | 28% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 10 | 28 | 26% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 6 | 11 | 35% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 2 | 9 | 18% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 5 | 3 | 63% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 2 | 5 | 29% † |
† 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 2006 took a median of 223 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 278 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 283 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing31% granted · 222 cases
- On the written record20% granted · 93 cases
Representation
- With an attorney41% granted · 56 cases
- Self-represented25% granted · 261 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 2006-10-01 through 2006-12-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2006 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2006-q4). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.