Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2011
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 252 industrial security-clearance cases in Q4 2011, granting 35% of them. That grant rate matches Q3 2011 (35% of 298). A year earlier, Q4 2010 recorded 42% of 319. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 171 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 204 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 9 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- October78 decided
- November87 decided
- December87 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)35%59 granted112 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)22%17 granted59 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)45%14 granted17 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)39%11 granted17 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)20%5 granted20 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †14%2 granted12 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †44%4 granted5 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †40%2 granted3 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted4 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †100%1 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 59 | 112 | 35% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 17 | 59 | 22% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 14 | 17 | 45% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 11 | 17 | 39% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 5 | 20 | 20% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 2 | 12 | 14% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 4 | 5 | 44% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 2 | 3 | 40% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 4 | 0% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 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 Q4 2011 took a median of 204 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 234 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 195 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing42% granted · 193 cases
- On the written record14% granted · 58 cases
Representation
- With an attorney54% granted · 56 cases
- Self-represented30% granted · 196 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 2011-10-01 through 2011-12-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2011 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2011-q4). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.