Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2023
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 211 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2023, granting 27% of them. That is 2 points lower than Q1 2023 (29% of 308). A year earlier, Q2 2022 recorded 27% of 220. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 139 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 385 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 6 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April54 decided
- May76 decided
- June81 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)28%39 granted100 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)17%10 granted50 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)21%9 granted33 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)17%5 granted25 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †19%3 granted13 denied
- Foreign Influence (B) †47%7 granted8 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †0%0 granted10 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted5 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †0%0 granted4 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †0%0 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 39 | 100 | 28% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 10 | 50 | 17% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 9 | 33 | 21% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 5 | 25 | 17% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 3 | 13 | 19% † |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 7 | 8 | 47% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 0 | 10 | 0% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 5 | 0% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 0 | 4 | 0% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 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 2023 took a median of 385 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 207 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 379 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing37% granted · 129 cases
- On the written record9% granted · 75 cases
Representation
- With an attorney44% granted · 32 cases
- Self-represented24% granted · 176 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 2023-04-01 through 2023-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2023 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2023-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.