Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2007
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 274 industrial security-clearance cases in Q3 2007, granting 42% of them. That is 6 points higher than Q2 2007 (36% of 286). A year earlier, Q3 2006 recorded 27% of 223. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 116 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 204 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 15 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- July99 decided
- August87 decided
- September88 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)31%36 granted80 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)36%39 granted69 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)27%20 granted54 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)64%41 granted23 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)50%16 granted16 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)58%18 granted13 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)29%6 granted15 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted5 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †75%3 granted1 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †100%1 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 36 | 80 | 31% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 39 | 69 | 36% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 20 | 54 | 27% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 41 | 23 | 64% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 16 | 16 | 50% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 18 | 13 | 58% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 6 | 15 | 29% |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 5 | 0% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 3 | 1 | 75% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 0 | 2 | 0% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 1 | 0% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 1 | 0 | 100% † |
† 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 2007 took a median of 204 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 218 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 219 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing50% granted · 203 cases
- On the written record19% granted · 68 cases
Representation
- With an attorney57% granted · 70 cases
- Self-represented37% granted · 204 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 2007-07-01 through 2007-09-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2007 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2007-q3). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.