Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2008
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 331 industrial security-clearance cases in Q3 2008, granting 39% of them. That is 5 points higher than Q2 2008 (34% of 193). A year earlier, Q3 2007 recorded 42% of 274. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 170 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 154 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 11 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- July103 decided
- August80 decided
- September148 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)34%57 granted113 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)30%34 granted81 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)62%44 granted27 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)24%12 granted38 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)23%9 granted30 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)49%18 granted19 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)25%7 granted21 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †67%2 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 57 | 113 | 34% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 34 | 81 | 30% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 44 | 27 | 62% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 12 | 38 | 24% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 9 | 30 | 23% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 18 | 19 | 49% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 7 | 21 | 25% |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 2 | 1 | 67% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 0 | 2 | 0% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 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 Q3 2008 took a median of 154 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 301 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 143 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing45% granted · 260 cases
- On the written record13% granted · 69 cases
Representation
- With an attorney67% granted · 51 cases
- Self-represented32% granted · 272 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 2008-07-01 through 2008-09-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2008 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2008-q3). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.