Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2014
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 261 industrial security-clearance cases in Q3 2014, granting 46% of them. That is 11 points higher than Q2 2014 (35% of 236). A year earlier, Q3 2013 recorded 35% of 206. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 189 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 152 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 16 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- July94 decided
- August73 decided
- September94 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)46%87 granted102 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)29%20 granted50 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)48%15 granted16 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)31%8 granted18 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)39%9 granted14 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †44%4 granted5 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †33%3 granted6 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †100%3 granted0 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †100%1 granted0 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †100%1 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 87 | 102 | 46% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 20 | 50 | 29% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 15 | 16 | 48% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 8 | 18 | 31% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 9 | 14 | 39% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 4 | 5 | 44% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 3 | 6 | 33% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 3 | 0 | 100% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 2 | 0% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 1 | 0 | 100% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 0 | 1 | 0% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 1 | 0 | 100% † |
† 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 2014 took a median of 152 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 248 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 168 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing55% granted · 191 cases
- On the written record21% granted · 70 cases
Representation
- With an attorney62% granted · 47 cases
- Self-represented43% granted · 214 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 2014-07-01 through 2014-09-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2014 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2014-q3). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.