Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2020
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 109 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2020, granting 35% of them. That is 3 points higher than Q1 2020 (32% of 211). A year earlier, Q2 2019 recorded 36% of 227. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 70 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 278 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 37 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April33 decided
- May45 decided
- June31 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)30%21 granted49 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)17%5 granted25 denied
- Foreign Influence (B) †47%9 granted10 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) †50%6 granted6 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J) †25%2 granted6 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †43%3 granted4 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 21 | 49 | 30% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 5 | 25 | 17% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 9 | 10 | 47% † |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 6 | 6 | 50% † |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 2 | 6 | 25% † |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 3 | 4 | 43% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 2 | 0% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 1 | 0% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 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 Q2 2020 took a median of 278 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 106 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 241 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing42% granted · 77 cases
- On the written record19% granted · 32 cases
Representation
- With an attorney52% granted · 27 cases
- Self-represented28% granted · 81 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 2020-04-01 through 2020-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2020 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2020-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.