Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2015
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 362 industrial security-clearance cases in Q3 2015, granting 38% of them. That grant rate matches Q2 2015 (38% of 434). A year earlier, Q3 2014 recorded 46% of 261. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 288 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 277 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 25 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- July96 decided
- August152 decided
- September114 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)36%104 granted184 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)21%18 granted66 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)33%11 granted22 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)22%6 granted21 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)65%13 granted7 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †33%6 granted12 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †46%6 granted7 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 104 | 184 | 36% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 18 | 66 | 21% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 11 | 22 | 33% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 6 | 21 | 22% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 13 | 7 | 65% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 6 | 12 | 33% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 6 | 7 | 46% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 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 Q3 2015 took a median of 277 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 356 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 252 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing46% granted · 191 cases
- On the written record29% granted · 170 cases
Representation
- With an attorney68% granted · 53 cases
- Self-represented33% granted · 308 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 2015-07-01 through 2015-09-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2015 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2015-q3). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.