Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2013
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 301 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2013, granting 37% of them. That is 5 points lower than Q1 2013 (42% of 190). A year earlier, Q2 2012 recorded 38% of 194. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 172 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 188 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 29 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April98 decided
- May85 decided
- June118 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)33%57 granted115 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)24%21 granted67 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)53%42 granted37 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)33%13 granted27 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)64%16 granted9 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)8%2 granted22 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)23%5 granted17 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †33%3 granted6 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted4 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted3 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †100%2 granted0 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 57 | 115 | 33% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 21 | 67 | 24% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 42 | 37 | 53% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 13 | 27 | 33% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 16 | 9 | 64% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 2 | 22 | 8% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 5 | 17 | 23% |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 3 | 6 | 33% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 4 | 0% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 0 | 3 | 0% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 2 | 0 | 100% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 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 Q2 2013 took a median of 188 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 283 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 159 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing47% granted · 211 cases
- On the written record13% granted · 89 cases
Representation
- With an attorney60% granted · 68 cases
- Self-represented30% granted · 230 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 2013-04-01 through 2013-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2013 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2013-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.