Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2010
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 339 industrial security-clearance cases in Q1 2010, granting 33% of them. That is 2 points higher than Q4 2009 (31% of 267). A year earlier, Q1 2009 recorded 37% of 304. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 221 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 210 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 13 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- January113 decided
- February96 decided
- March130 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)33%74 granted147 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)16%16 granted87 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)14%6 granted38 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)27%12 granted32 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)41%14 granted20 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)17%4 granted20 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †50%7 granted7 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted9 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted4 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †100%1 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 74 | 147 | 33% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 16 | 87 | 16% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 6 | 38 | 14% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 12 | 32 | 27% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 14 | 20 | 41% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 4 | 20 | 17% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 7 | 7 | 50% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 9 | 0% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 0 | 4 | 0% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 1 | 0% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 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 2010 took a median of 210 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 322 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 197 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing40% granted · 245 cases
- On the written record14% granted · 90 cases
Representation
- With an attorney48% granted · 60 cases
- Self-represented29% granted · 274 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 2010-01-01 through 2010-03-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2010 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2010-q1). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.