Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2010
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 319 industrial security-clearance cases in Q4 2010, granting 42% of them. That is 12 points higher than Q3 2010 (30% of 309). A year earlier, Q4 2009 recorded 31% of 267. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 209 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 210 days from Statement of Reasons to decision.
Month by month
- October116 decided
- November110 decided
- December93 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)43%90 granted119 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)25%22 granted65 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)14%6 granted36 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)62%21 granted13 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)35%12 granted22 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)29%6 granted15 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †47%7 granted8 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †29%2 granted5 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †67%2 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 90 | 119 | 43% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 22 | 65 | 25% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 6 | 36 | 14% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 21 | 13 | 62% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 12 | 22 | 35% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 6 | 15 | 29% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 7 | 8 | 47% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 2 | 5 | 29% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 2 | 1 | 67% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 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 Q4 2010 took a median of 210 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 308 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 hearing52% granted · 233 cases
- On the written record13% granted · 85 cases
Representation
- With an attorney53% granted · 58 cases
- Self-represented39% granted · 259 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 2010-10-01 through 2010-12-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2010 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2010-q4). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.