Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2012
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 194 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2012, granting 38% of them. That is 2 points lower than Q1 2012 (40% of 224). A year earlier, Q2 2011 recorded 33% of 374. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 106 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 202 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 12 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April56 decided
- May57 decided
- June81 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)32%34 granted72 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)30%21 granted50 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)63%20 granted12 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)29%8 granted20 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)35%9 granted17 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)19%4 granted17 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †33%3 granted6 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †20%1 granted4 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †20%1 granted4 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †75%3 granted1 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †33%1 granted2 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 34 | 72 | 32% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 21 | 50 | 30% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 20 | 12 | 63% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 8 | 20 | 29% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 9 | 17 | 35% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 4 | 17 | 19% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 3 | 6 | 33% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 1 | 4 | 20% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 1 | 4 | 20% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 3 | 1 | 75% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 2 | 33% † |
† 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 2012 took a median of 202 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 180 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 214 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing43% granted · 159 cases
- On the written record9% granted · 33 cases
Representation
- With an attorney47% granted · 45 cases
- Self-represented34% granted · 148 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 2012-04-01 through 2012-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2012 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2012-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.