Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2010
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 309 industrial security-clearance cases in Q3 2010, granting 30% of them. That is 5 points lower than Q2 2010 (35% of 321). A year earlier, Q3 2009 recorded 37% of 380. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 182 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 210 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 17 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- July103 decided
- August105 decided
- September101 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)32%58 granted124 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)13%13 granted91 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)23%11 granted37 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)21%8 granted30 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)26%9 granted25 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)46%13 granted15 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †29%5 granted12 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †22%2 granted7 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †14%1 granted6 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted5 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †50%1 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 58 | 124 | 32% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 13 | 91 | 13% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 11 | 37 | 23% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 8 | 30 | 21% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 9 | 25 | 26% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 13 | 15 | 46% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 5 | 12 | 29% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 2 | 7 | 22% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 6 | 14% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 0 | 5 | 0% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
† 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 2010 took a median of 210 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 282 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 227 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing37% granted · 241 cases
- On the written record9% granted · 66 cases
Representation
- With an attorney40% granted · 68 cases
- Self-represented28% granted · 241 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 2010-07-01 through 2010-09-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2010 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2010-q3). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.