Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2011
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 374 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2011, granting 33% of them. That is 3 points higher than Q1 2011 (30% of 358). A year earlier, Q2 2010 recorded 35% of 321. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 226 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 233 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 4 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April128 decided
- May136 decided
- June110 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)28%64 granted162 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)28%34 granted87 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)53%28 granted25 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)37%19 granted33 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)17%5 granted24 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)25%6 granted18 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)38%9 granted15 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †10%1 granted9 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †75%3 granted1 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †100%1 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 64 | 162 | 28% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 34 | 87 | 28% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 28 | 25 | 53% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 19 | 33 | 37% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 5 | 24 | 17% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 6 | 18 | 25% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 9 | 15 | 38% |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 1 | 9 | 10% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 3 | 1 | 75% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 2 | 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 Q2 2011 took a median of 233 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 359 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 237 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing41% granted · 272 cases
- On the written record10% granted · 101 cases
Representation
- With an attorney52% granted · 79 cases
- Self-represented28% granted · 293 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 2011-04-01 through 2011-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2011 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2011-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.