Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2016
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 412 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2016, granting 42% of them. That is 3 points higher than Q1 2016 (39% of 517). A year earlier, Q2 2015 recorded 38% of 434. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 310 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 290 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 27 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April117 decided
- May137 decided
- June158 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)40%123 granted187 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)29%28 granted67 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)68%32 granted15 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)21%9 granted34 denied
- Foreign Preference (C)73%16 granted6 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)32%7 granted15 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †37%7 granted12 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †25%1 granted3 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †67%2 granted1 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †100%2 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 123 | 187 | 40% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 28 | 67 | 29% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 32 | 15 | 68% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 9 | 34 | 21% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 16 | 6 | 73% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 7 | 15 | 32% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 7 | 12 | 37% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 3 | 25% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 2 | 1 | 67% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 2 | 0% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 2 | 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 Q2 2016 took a median of 290 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 404 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 317 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing56% granted · 228 cases
- On the written record25% granted · 183 cases
Representation
- With an attorney63% granted · 75 cases
- Self-represented38% granted · 334 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 2016-04-01 through 2016-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2016 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2016-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.