Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2008
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 117 industrial security-clearance cases in Q1 2008, granting 43% of them. That is 2 points higher than Q4 2007 (41% of 134). A year earlier, Q1 2007 recorded 38% of 247. Personal Conduct was the most common concern, appearing in 56 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 170 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 42 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- January36 decided
- February32 decided
- March49 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Personal Conduct (E)38%21 granted35 denied
- Financial Considerations (F)42%19 granted26 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)38%12 granted20 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)59%13 granted9 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) †33%5 granted10 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †69%9 granted4 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †22%2 granted7 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted4 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †33%1 granted2 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †100%1 granted0 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †100%1 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Conduct (E) | 21 | 35 | 38% |
| Financial Considerations (F) | 19 | 26 | 42% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 12 | 20 | 38% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 13 | 9 | 59% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 5 | 10 | 33% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 9 | 4 | 69% † |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 2 | 7 | 22% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 4 | 0% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 2 | 33% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 1 | 0 | 100% † |
| 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 Q1 2008 took a median of 170 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 108 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 212 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing55% granted · 86 cases
- On the written record10% granted · 29 cases
Representation
- With an attorney64% granted · 25 cases
- Self-represented37% granted · 90 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 2008-01-01 through 2008-03-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2008 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2008-q1). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.