Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2022
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 286 industrial security-clearance cases in Q3 2022, granting 21% of them. That is 6 points lower than Q2 2022 (27% of 220). A year earlier, Q3 2021 recorded 22% of 176. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 185 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 430 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 58 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- July72 decided
- August105 decided
- September109 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)19%35 granted150 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)21%17 granted64 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)14%7 granted43 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)24%8 granted25 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)24%6 granted19 denied
- Foreign Influence (B) †44%7 granted9 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †30%3 granted7 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †10%1 granted9 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 35 | 150 | 19% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 17 | 64 | 21% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 7 | 43 | 14% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 8 | 25 | 24% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 6 | 19 | 24% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 7 | 9 | 44% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 3 | 7 | 30% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 1 | 9 | 10% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 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 Q3 2022 took a median of 430 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 286 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 372 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing28% granted · 176 cases
- On the written record9% granted · 103 cases
Representation
- With an attorney40% granted · 52 cases
- Self-represented16% granted · 233 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 2022-07-01 through 2022-09-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2022 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2022-q3). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.