Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2024
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 165 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2024, granting 22% of them. That grant rate matches Q1 2024 (22% of 296). A year earlier, Q2 2023 recorded 27% of 211. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 88 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 322 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 23 days longer than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April51 decided
- May65 decided
- June49 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)13%11 granted77 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)27%14 granted37 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)20%10 granted40 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)13%4 granted26 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †20%3 granted12 denied
- Foreign Influence (B) †50%6 granted6 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †17%1 granted5 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †33%2 granted4 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †67%2 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †33%1 granted2 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †100%1 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 11 | 77 | 13% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 14 | 37 | 27% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 10 | 40 | 20% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 4 | 26 | 13% |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 3 | 12 | 20% † |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 6 | 6 | 50% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 1 | 5 | 17% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 2 | 4 | 33% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 2 | 1 | 67% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 1 | 2 | 33% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 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 2024 took a median of 322 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 162 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 299 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing28% granted · 104 cases
- On the written record12% granted · 59 cases
Representation
- With an attorney42% granted · 33 cases
- Self-represented17% granted · 132 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 2024-04-01 through 2024-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2024 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2024-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.