Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2024
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 296 industrial security-clearance cases in Q1 2024, granting 22% of them. That is 6 points lower than Q4 2023 (28% of 209). A year earlier, Q1 2023 recorded 29% of 308. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 161 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 299 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 21 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- January94 decided
- February88 decided
- March114 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)21%34 granted127 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)19%16 granted70 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)14%12 granted72 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)28%11 granted29 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G)38%8 granted13 denied
- Foreign Influence (B) †28%5 granted13 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †22%2 granted7 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †14%1 granted6 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †25%1 granted3 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †0%0 granted3 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †50%1 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 34 | 127 | 21% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 16 | 70 | 19% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 12 | 72 | 14% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 11 | 29 | 28% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 8 | 13 | 38% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 5 | 13 | 28% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 2 | 7 | 22% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 1 | 6 | 14% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 3 | 25% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 0 | 3 | 0% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
† 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 Q1 2024 took a median of 299 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 288 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 320 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing30% granted · 187 cases
- On the written record8% granted · 97 cases
Representation
- With an attorney35% granted · 48 cases
- Self-represented20% granted · 248 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 2024-01-01 through 2024-03-31; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q1 2024 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2024-q1). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.