Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2010
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 321 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2010, granting 35% of them. That is 2 points higher than Q1 2010 (33% of 339). A year earlier, Q2 2009 recorded 37% of 331. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 212 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 227 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 17 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April117 decided
- May102 decided
- June102 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)36%77 granted135 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)26%29 granted82 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)17%7 granted34 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)33%12 granted24 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)19%6 granted25 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)19%6 granted25 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)36%8 granted14 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †33%3 granted6 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †50%2 granted2 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †33%1 granted2 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †100%1 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 77 | 135 | 36% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 29 | 82 | 26% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 7 | 34 | 17% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 12 | 24 | 33% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 6 | 25 | 19% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 6 | 25 | 19% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 8 | 14 | 36% |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 3 | 6 | 33% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 2 | 2 | 50% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 2 | 33% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 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 Q2 2010 took a median of 227 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 316 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 210 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing42% granted · 254 cases
- On the written record8% granted · 64 cases
Representation
- With an attorney53% granted · 53 cases
- Self-represented31% granted · 268 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 2010-04-01 through 2010-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2010 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2010-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.