Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2008
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 193 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2008, granting 34% of them. That is 9 points lower than Q1 2008 (43% of 117). A year earlier, Q2 2007 recorded 36% of 286. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 97 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 143 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 27 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April58 decided
- May57 decided
- June78 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)31%30 granted67 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)26%19 granted54 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)46%18 granted21 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)33%11 granted22 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)35%8 granted15 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)23%5 granted17 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †27%4 granted11 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 30 | 67 | 31% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 19 | 54 | 26% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 18 | 21 | 46% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 11 | 22 | 33% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 8 | 15 | 35% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 5 | 17 | 23% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 4 | 11 | 27% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 0 | 2 | 0% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 1 | 0% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 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 Q2 2008 took a median of 143 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 179 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 170 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing44% granted · 140 cases
- On the written record10% granted · 51 cases
Representation
- With an attorney73% granted · 26 cases
- Self-represented28% granted · 165 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 2008-04-01 through 2008-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2008 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2008-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.