Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2019
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 227 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2019, granting 36% of them. That is 3 points higher than Q1 2019 (33% of 347). A year earlier, Q2 2018 recorded 36% of 369. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 128 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 270 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 21 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April68 decided
- May81 decided
- June78 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)30%39 granted89 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)18%11 granted50 denied
- Foreign Influence (B)66%29 granted15 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)15%4 granted22 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J) †26%5 granted14 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †18%3 granted14 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †75%3 granted1 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †25%1 granted3 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted3 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †33%1 granted2 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †100%1 granted0 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 39 | 89 | 30% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 11 | 50 | 18% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 29 | 15 | 66% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 4 | 22 | 15% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 5 | 14 | 26% † |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 3 | 14 | 18% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 3 | 1 | 75% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 1 | 3 | 25% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 3 | 0% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 2 | 33% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 1 | 0 | 100% † |
| 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 2019 took a median of 270 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 214 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 291 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing43% granted · 175 cases
- On the written record12% granted · 41 cases
Representation
- With an attorney59% granted · 59 cases
- Self-represented27% granted · 166 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 2019-04-01 through 2019-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2019 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2019-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.