Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2009
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 304 industrial security-clearance cases in Q1 2009, granting 37% of them. That is 5 points higher than Q4 2008 (32% of 266). A year earlier, Q1 2008 recorded 43% of 117. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 177 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 174 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 14 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- January88 decided
- February97 decided
- March119 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)34%61 granted116 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)22%23 granted82 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)28%13 granted34 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)58%26 granted19 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)31%11 granted25 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)38%12 granted20 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)53%16 granted14 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted8 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †33%2 granted4 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 61 | 116 | 34% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 23 | 82 | 22% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 13 | 34 | 28% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 26 | 19 | 58% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 11 | 25 | 31% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 12 | 20 | 38% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 16 | 14 | 53% |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 8 | 0% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 2 | 4 | 33% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 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 Q1 2009 took a median of 174 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 278 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 160 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing46% granted · 227 cases
- On the written record11% granted · 76 cases
Representation
- With an attorney46% granted · 56 cases
- Self-represented35% granted · 243 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 2009-01-01 through 2009-03-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2009 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2009-q1). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.