Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2015
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 434 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2015, granting 38% of them. That is 8 points lower than Q1 2015 (46% of 322). A year earlier, Q2 2014 recorded 35% of 236. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 320 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 252 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 31 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April157 decided
- May121 decided
- June156 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)35%113 granted207 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)29%27 granted67 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)35%17 granted31 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)57%23 granted17 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)41%12 granted17 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)54%14 granted12 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †43%6 granted8 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †33%1 granted2 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 113 | 207 | 35% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 27 | 67 | 29% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 17 | 31 | 35% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 23 | 17 | 57% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 12 | 17 | 41% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 14 | 12 | 54% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 6 | 8 | 43% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 1 | 2 | 33% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 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 Q2 2015 took a median of 252 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 421 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 221 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing50% granted · 265 cases
- On the written record21% granted · 169 cases
Representation
- With an attorney57% granted · 56 cases
- Self-represented35% granted · 373 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 2015-04-01 through 2015-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2015 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2015-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.