Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2013
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 206 industrial security-clearance cases in Q3 2013, granting 35% of them. That is 2 points lower than Q2 2013 (37% of 301). A year earlier, Q3 2012 recorded 29% of 95. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 128 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 176 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 12 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- July67 decided
- August64 decided
- September75 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)38%48 granted80 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)22%17 granted62 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)36%12 granted21 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)21%5 granted19 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †42%5 granted7 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J) †40%4 granted6 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †43%3 granted4 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †17%1 granted5 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †33%2 granted4 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †0%0 granted3 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †50%1 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 48 | 80 | 38% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 17 | 62 | 22% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 12 | 21 | 36% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 5 | 19 | 21% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 5 | 7 | 42% † |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 4 | 6 | 40% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 3 | 4 | 43% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 1 | 5 | 17% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 2 | 4 | 33% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 0 | 3 | 0% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
† 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 Q3 2013 took a median of 176 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 200 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 188 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing45% granted · 150 cases
- On the written record7% granted · 56 cases
Representation
- With an attorney51% granted · 49 cases
- Self-represented29% granted · 156 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 2013-07-01 through 2013-09-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2013 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2013-q3). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.