Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2013
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 190 industrial security-clearance cases in Q4 2013, granting 29% of them. That is 6 points lower than Q3 2013 (35% of 206). A year earlier, Q4 2012 recorded 45% of 91. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 125 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 189 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 13 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- October50 decided
- November78 decided
- December62 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)26%33 granted92 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)18%8 granted36 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)45%14 granted17 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) †22%4 granted14 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J) †0%0 granted15 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †18%2 granted9 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †55%6 granted5 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †29%2 granted5 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †0%0 granted3 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 33 | 92 | 26% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 8 | 36 | 18% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 14 | 17 | 45% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 4 | 14 | 22% † |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 0 | 15 | 0% † |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 2 | 9 | 18% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 6 | 5 | 55% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 2 | 5 | 29% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 0 | 3 | 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 Q4 2013 took a median of 189 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 177 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 176 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing36% granted · 116 cases
- On the written record18% granted · 73 cases
Representation
- With an attorney55% granted · 33 cases
- Self-represented25% granted · 155 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 2013-10-01 through 2013-12-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2013 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2013-q4). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.