Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2025
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The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 147 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2025, granting 22% of them. That is 1 point lower than Q1 2025 (23% of 192). A year earlier, Q2 2024 recorded 22% of 165. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 77 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 305 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 31 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April46 decided
- May42 decided
- June59 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)13%10 granted67 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)23%12 granted41 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)31%15 granted34 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J)28%8 granted21 denied
- Foreign Influence (B) †35%6 granted11 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †63%5 granted3 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †14%1 granted6 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †0%0 granted5 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †60%3 granted2 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †67%2 granted1 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 10 | 67 | 13% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 12 | 41 | 23% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 15 | 34 | 31% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 8 | 21 | 28% |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 6 | 11 | 35% † |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 5 | 3 | 63% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 1 | 6 | 14% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 0 | 5 | 0% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 3 | 2 | 60% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 2 | 1 | 67% † |
† 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 2025 took a median of 305 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 146 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 336 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing27% granted · 106 cases
- On the written record11% granted · 38 cases
Representation
- With an attorney41% granted · 32 cases
- Self-represented17% granted · 115 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 2025-04-01 through 2025-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2025 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2025-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.