Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2011
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 298 industrial security-clearance cases in Q3 2011, granting 35% of them. That is 2 points higher than Q2 2011 (33% of 374). A year earlier, Q3 2010 recorded 30% of 309. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 175 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 195 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 38 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- July90 decided
- August100 decided
- September108 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)34%59 granted116 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)30%29 granted68 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)30%13 granted31 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)51%21 granted20 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)29%9 granted22 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)31%8 granted18 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †45%5 granted6 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †11%1 granted8 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †40%2 granted3 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 59 | 116 | 34% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 29 | 68 | 30% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 13 | 31 | 30% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 21 | 20 | 51% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 9 | 22 | 29% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 8 | 18 | 31% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 5 | 6 | 45% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 1 | 8 | 11% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 2 | 3 | 40% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 0 | 2 | 0% † |
| 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 Q3 2011 took a median of 195 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 273 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 233 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing41% granted · 239 cases
- On the written record9% granted · 58 cases
Representation
- With an attorney46% granted · 63 cases
- Self-represented31% granted · 232 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 2011-07-01 through 2011-09-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2011 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2011-q3). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.