Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2015
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 322 industrial security-clearance cases in Q1 2015, granting 46% of them. That is 1 point higher than Q4 2014 (45% of 308). A year earlier, Q1 2014 recorded 41% of 259. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 225 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 221 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 29 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- January93 decided
- February89 decided
- March140 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)44%98 granted127 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)43%34 granted46 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)38%15 granted24 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)73%24 granted9 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)33%10 granted20 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)57%13 granted10 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †53%8 granted7 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †40%2 granted3 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †33%1 granted2 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 98 | 127 | 44% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 34 | 46 | 43% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 15 | 24 | 38% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 24 | 9 | 73% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 10 | 20 | 33% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 13 | 10 | 57% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 8 | 7 | 53% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 2 | 3 | 40% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 2 | 33% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 2 | 0% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 0 | 1 | 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 Q1 2015 took a median of 221 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 313 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 192 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing56% granted · 224 cases
- On the written record23% granted · 98 cases
Representation
- With an attorney67% granted · 36 cases
- Self-represented44% granted · 284 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 2015-01-01 through 2015-03-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2015 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2015-q1). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.