Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2014
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 259 industrial security-clearance cases in Q1 2014, granting 41% of them. That is 12 points higher than Q4 2013 (29% of 190). A year earlier, Q1 2013 recorded 42% of 190. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 171 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 194 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 5 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- January89 decided
- February79 decided
- March91 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)41%70 granted101 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)29%21 granted52 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)51%24 granted23 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)31%8 granted18 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) †29%5 granted12 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †50%6 granted6 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †44%4 granted5 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †38%3 granted5 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †33%2 granted4 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted2 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 70 | 101 | 41% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 21 | 52 | 29% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 24 | 23 | 51% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 8 | 18 | 31% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 5 | 12 | 29% † |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 6 | 6 | 50% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 4 | 5 | 44% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 3 | 5 | 38% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 2 | 4 | 33% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 2 | 0% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 0 | 2 | 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 2014 took a median of 194 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 251 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 189 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing47% granted · 183 cases
- On the written record29% granted · 73 cases
Representation
- With an attorney55% granted · 55 cases
- Self-represented38% granted · 204 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 2014-01-01 through 2014-03-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2014 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2014-q1). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.