Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2009
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 331 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2009, granting 37% of them. That grant rate matches Q1 2009 (37% of 304). A year earlier, Q2 2008 recorded 34% of 193. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 220 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 170 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 4 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April109 decided
- May99 decided
- June123 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)36%80 granted140 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)26%27 granted77 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)49%22 granted23 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)26%10 granted29 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)24%8 granted26 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)52%11 granted10 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)20%4 granted16 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †14%1 granted6 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †25%1 granted3 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted3 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †100%2 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 80 | 140 | 36% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 27 | 77 | 26% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 22 | 23 | 49% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 10 | 29 | 26% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 8 | 26 | 24% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 11 | 10 | 52% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 4 | 16 | 20% |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 1 | 6 | 14% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 1 | 3 | 25% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 3 | 0% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 2 | 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 Q2 2009 took a median of 170 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 307 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 174 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing48% granted · 230 cases
- On the written record13% granted · 100 cases
Representation
- With an attorney59% granted · 44 cases
- Self-represented33% granted · 284 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 2009-04-01 through 2009-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2009 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2009-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.