Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2014
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 236 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2014, granting 35% of them. That is 6 points lower than Q1 2014 (41% of 259). A year earlier, Q2 2013 recorded 37% of 301. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 145 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 168 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 26 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April72 decided
- May72 decided
- June92 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)28%40 granted105 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)17%12 granted60 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)52%22 granted20 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)38%10 granted16 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J) †24%4 granted13 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †79%11 granted3 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †33%3 granted6 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted4 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †100%1 granted0 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 40 | 105 | 28% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 12 | 60 | 17% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 22 | 20 | 52% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 10 | 16 | 38% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 4 | 13 | 24% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 11 | 3 | 79% † |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 3 | 6 | 33% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 4 | 0% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 1 | 0% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 0 | 100% † |
| 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 Q2 2014 took a median of 168 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 232 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 194 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing49% granted · 151 cases
- On the written record10% granted · 84 cases
Representation
- With an attorney60% granted · 45 cases
- Self-represented28% granted · 190 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 2014-04-01 through 2014-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2014 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2014-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.