Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2022
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 220 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2022, granting 27% of them. That is 1 point lower than Q1 2022 (28% of 229). A year earlier, Q2 2021 recorded 29% of 130. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 131 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 372 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 8 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April62 decided
- May86 decided
- June72 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)24%31 granted100 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)24%14 granted44 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)17%8 granted39 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)24%6 granted19 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)20%5 granted20 denied
- Foreign Influence (B) †44%8 granted10 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †50%4 granted4 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †67%2 granted1 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †100%1 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 31 | 100 | 24% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 14 | 44 | 24% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 8 | 39 | 17% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 6 | 19 | 24% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 5 | 20 | 20% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 8 | 10 | 44% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 4 | 4 | 50% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 2 | 1 | 67% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 2 | 0% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 0 | 100% † |
† 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 2022 took a median of 372 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 216 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 364 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing38% granted · 132 cases
- On the written record11% granted · 81 cases
Representation
- With an attorney52% granted · 44 cases
- Self-represented21% granted · 174 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 2022-04-01 through 2022-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2022 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2022-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.