Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2012
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 224 industrial security-clearance cases in Q1 2012, granting 40% of them. That is 5 points higher than Q4 2011 (35% of 252). A year earlier, Q1 2011 recorded 30% of 358. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 140 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 214 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 10 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- January81 decided
- February84 decided
- March59 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)39%54 granted86 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)23%18 granted59 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)33%10 granted20 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)45%13 granted16 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J) †32%6 granted13 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †39%7 granted11 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †38%5 granted8 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted6 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †67%2 granted1 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †100%1 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 54 | 86 | 39% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 18 | 59 | 23% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 10 | 20 | 33% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 13 | 16 | 45% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 6 | 13 | 32% † |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 7 | 11 | 39% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 5 | 8 | 38% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 0 | 6 | 0% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 2 | 1 | 67% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 1 | 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 Q1 2012 took a median of 214 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 203 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 204 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing49% granted · 169 cases
- On the written record13% granted · 54 cases
Representation
- With an attorney52% granted · 58 cases
- Self-represented36% granted · 166 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 2012-01-01 through 2012-03-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2012 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2012-q1). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.