Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2016
Decided cases
353
157 granted · 196 denied
Grant rate
44%
157 of 353 decided · Q3 2016: 40%
Statement of Reasons to decision
360 days
median across 332 cases stating both dates
The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 353 industrial security clearance cases in Q4 2016, granting 44% of them. That is 4 points higher than Q3 2016 (40% of 372). A year earlier, Q4 2015 recorded 49% of 380. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 260 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 360 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 30 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
Outcomes by concern
| Concern | Cases | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F · Financial Considerations | 260 | 112 | 148 | |
| E · Personal Conduct | 67 | 22 | 45 | |
| B · Foreign Influence | 46 | 23 | 23 | |
| J · Criminal Conduct | 27 | 12 | 15 | |
| H · Drug Involvement and Substance Misuse | 25 | 11 | 14 | |
| C · Foreign Preference | 15 | 9 | 6 | |
| G · Alcohol Consumption | 13 | 6 | 7 | |
| D · Sexual Behavior | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| K · Handling Protected Information | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| M · Use of Information Technology | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| L · Outside Activities | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- Cases
- 260
- Granted
- 112
- Denied
- 148
- Grant rate
- Cases
- 67
- Granted
- 22
- Denied
- 45
- Grant rate
- Cases
- 46
- Granted
- 23
- Denied
- 23
- Grant rate
- Cases
- 27
- Granted
- 12
- Denied
- 15
- Grant rate
H · Drug Involvement and Substance Misuse
- Cases
- 25
- Granted
- 11
- Denied
- 14
- Grant rate
- Cases
- 15
- Granted
- 9
- Denied
- 6
- Grant rate
- Cases
- 13
- Granted
- 6
- Denied
- 7
- Grant rate
- Cases
- 3
- Granted
- 0
- Denied
- 3
- Grant rate
K · Handling Protected Information
- Cases
- 3
- Granted
- 2
- Denied
- 1
- Grant rate
M · Use of Information Technology
- Cases
- 3
- Granted
- 2
- Denied
- 1
- Grant rate
- Cases
- 1
- Granted
- 0
- Denied
- 1
- Grant rate
Time from Statement of Reasons to decision
- Median: 360 days, measured on 332 cases stating both dates.
- Prior quarter: 330 days, measured on 359 cases.
Full breakdowns are on measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
| Path | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| Decided after a live hearing | 243 | |
| Decided on the written record | 110 |
Decided after a live hearing
- Cases
- 243
- Grant rate
Decided on the written record
- Cases
- 110
- Grant rate
Representation
| Representation | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| Represented by a lawyer | 75 | |
| Self-represented | 276 |
Represented by a lawyer
- Cases
- 75
- Grant rate
Self-represented
- Cases
- 276
- Grant rate
An association, not proof of cause: the groups being compared differ in many ways.
Cite this report
CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q4 2016 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2016-q4)
How these numbers are measured
The population is decided hearing-level industrial security clearance decisions dated 2016-10-01 through 2016-12-31. Appeal Board decisions are counted separately and never mixed into the hearing figures. † marks a group built on fewer than 20 decided cases, too few to generalize, and a case raising several concerns counts under each of them. Figures are computed live from the record as it stands today, so decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their own quarter automatically. Definitions and checks are on the methodology page.
Reading the statistics
- Granted = access granted or continued; Denied = denied or revoked.
- Grant rate = granted ÷ (granted + denied).
- † marks figures based on fewer than 20 cases, too few to be reliable.
- Hovering any rate shows its statistical range (a 95% confidence interval).
- Figures are descriptive counts over decided, public DOHA ISCR decisions, never predictions or assessments of any pending case.
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