Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2024
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 208 industrial security-clearance cases in Q3 2024, granting 30% of them. That is 8 points higher than Q2 2024 (22% of 165). A year earlier, Q3 2023 recorded 22% of 227. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 106 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 293 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 29 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- July76 decided
- August81 decided
- September51 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)21%22 granted84 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)31%20 granted44 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)20%12 granted47 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)24%8 granted25 denied
- Foreign Influence (B) †47%8 granted9 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †43%6 granted8 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †44%4 granted5 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted8 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †67%2 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted3 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †0%0 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 22 | 84 | 21% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 20 | 44 | 31% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 12 | 47 | 20% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 8 | 25 | 24% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 8 | 9 | 47% † |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 6 | 8 | 43% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 4 | 5 | 44% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 8 | 0% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 2 | 1 | 67% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 0 | 3 | 0% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 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 2024 took a median of 293 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 208 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 322 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing41% granted · 125 cases
- On the written record11% granted · 80 cases
Representation
- With an attorney56% granted · 36 cases
- Self-represented24% granted · 170 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 2024-07-01 through 2024-09-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q3 2024 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2024-q3). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.