Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2007
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 134 industrial security-clearance cases in Q4 2007, granting 41% of them. That is 1 point lower than Q3 2007 (42% of 274). A year earlier, Q4 2006 recorded 28% of 317. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 72 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 212 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 8 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- October55 decided
- November38 decided
- December41 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)44%32 granted40 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)28%14 granted36 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)42%13 granted18 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)33%9 granted18 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †41%7 granted10 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †40%4 granted6 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) †20%1 granted4 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted3 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †100%1 granted0 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 32 | 40 | 44% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 14 | 36 | 28% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 13 | 18 | 42% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 9 | 18 | 33% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 7 | 10 | 41% † |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 4 | 6 | 40% † |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 1 | 4 | 20% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 3 | 0% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 1 | 0 | 100% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 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 Q4 2007 took a median of 212 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 106 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 204 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing49% granted · 109 cases
- On the written record10% granted · 20 cases
Representation
- With an attorney48% granted · 27 cases
- Self-represented39% granted · 105 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 2007-10-01 through 2007-12-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2007 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2007-q4). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.