Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2013
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 190 industrial security-clearance cases in Q1 2013, granting 42% of them. That is 3 points lower than Q4 2012 (45% of 91). A year earlier, Q1 2012 recorded 40% of 224. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 90 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 159 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 8 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- January73 decided
- February58 decided
- March59 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)33%30 granted60 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)54%37 granted32 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)24%12 granted37 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)41%9 granted13 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)50%10 granted10 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †31%4 granted9 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J) †50%3 granted3 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted5 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 30 | 60 | 33% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 37 | 32 | 54% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 12 | 37 | 24% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 9 | 13 | 41% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 10 | 10 | 50% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 4 | 9 | 31% † |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 3 | 3 | 50% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 5 | 0% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 2 | 0% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 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 Q1 2013 took a median of 159 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 185 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 167 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing50% granted · 148 cases
- On the written record13% granted · 40 cases
Representation
- With an attorney78% granted · 32 cases
- Self-represented35% granted · 158 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 2013-01-01 through 2013-03-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2013 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2013-q1). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.