Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2011
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 358 industrial security-clearance cases in Q1 2011, granting 30% of them. That is 12 points lower than Q4 2010 (42% of 319). A year earlier, Q1 2010 recorded 33% of 339. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 215 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 237 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 27 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- January118 decided
- February111 decided
- March129 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)27%57 granted158 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)18%22 granted97 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)35%22 granted41 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)28%11 granted29 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)16%5 granted27 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)34%11 granted21 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)20%4 granted16 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †25%2 granted6 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted5 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †25%1 granted3 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted3 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 57 | 158 | 27% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 22 | 97 | 18% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 22 | 41 | 35% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 11 | 29 | 28% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 5 | 27 | 16% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 11 | 21 | 34% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 4 | 16 | 20% |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 2 | 6 | 25% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 5 | 0% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 3 | 25% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 3 | 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 Q1 2011 took a median of 237 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 342 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 hearing41% granted · 249 cases
- On the written record4% granted · 105 cases
Representation
- With an attorney43% granted · 74 cases
- Self-represented26% granted · 282 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 2011-01-01 through 2011-03-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2011 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2011-q1). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.