Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2021
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 130 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2021, granting 29% of them. That is 1 point higher than Q1 2021 (28% of 116). A year earlier, Q2 2020 recorded 35% of 109. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 82 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 328 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 12 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April34 decided
- May45 decided
- June51 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)27%22 granted60 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)28%8 granted21 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)14%3 granted19 denied
- Foreign Influence (B) †53%9 granted8 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J) †27%4 granted11 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †0%0 granted9 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †33%2 granted4 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †17%1 granted5 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †100%1 granted0 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 22 | 60 | 27% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 8 | 21 | 28% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 3 | 19 | 14% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 9 | 8 | 53% † |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 4 | 11 | 27% † |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 0 | 9 | 0% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 2 | 4 | 33% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 1 | 5 | 17% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 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 2021 took a median of 328 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 123 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 340 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing38% granted · 69 cases
- On the written record16% granted · 55 cases
Representation
- With an attorney22% granted · 23 cases
- Self-represented30% granted · 106 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 2021-04-01 through 2021-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2021 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2021-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.