Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2018
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 369 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2018, granting 36% of them. That grant rate matches Q1 2018 (36% of 541). A year earlier, Q2 2017 recorded 38% of 548. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 237 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 346 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 2 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April106 decided
- May141 decided
- June122 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)30%72 granted165 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)24%28 granted88 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)67%38 granted19 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)18%6 granted28 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)15%5 granted28 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)28%9 granted23 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †67%8 granted4 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †27%3 granted8 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †43%3 granted4 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †43%3 granted4 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 72 | 165 | 30% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 28 | 88 | 24% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 38 | 19 | 67% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 6 | 28 | 18% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 5 | 28 | 15% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 9 | 23 | 28% |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 8 | 4 | 67% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 3 | 8 | 27% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 3 | 4 | 43% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 3 | 4 | 43% † |
† 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 2018 took a median of 346 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 360 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 348 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing44% granted · 234 cases
- On the written record20% granted · 132 cases
Representation
- With an attorney41% granted · 75 cases
- Self-represented34% granted · 293 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 2018-04-01 through 2018-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2018 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2018-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.