Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2007
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 286 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2007, granting 36% of them. That is 2 points lower than Q1 2007 (38% of 247). A year earlier, Q2 2006 recorded 30% of 423. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 145 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 219 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 11 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April86 decided
- May108 decided
- June92 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)30%43 granted102 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)38%54 granted89 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)27%19 granted52 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)45%19 granted23 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)27%11 granted30 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)19%5 granted22 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)23%5 granted17 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †63%5 granted3 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †50%1 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 43 | 102 | 30% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 54 | 89 | 38% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 19 | 52 | 27% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 19 | 23 | 45% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 11 | 30 | 27% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 5 | 22 | 19% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 5 | 17 | 23% |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 5 | 3 | 63% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 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 Q2 2007 took a median of 219 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 257 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 208 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing47% granted · 203 cases
- On the written record8% granted · 71 cases
Representation
- With an attorney57% granted · 56 cases
- Self-represented31% granted · 230 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 2007-04-01 through 2007-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2007 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2007-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.