Quarterly docket report
State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2026
The quarter in brief
DOHA judges decided 150 industrial security-clearance cases in Q2 2026, granting 24% of them. That grant rate matches Q1 2026 (24% of 220). A year earlier, Q2 2025 recorded 22% of 147. Financial Considerations was the most common concern, appearing in 99 decided cases. The typical case decided this quarter took 274 days from Statement of Reasons to decision, 54 days shorter than the prior quarter.
Month by month
- April68 decided
- May49 decided
- June33 decided
Outcomes by concern
- Financial Considerations (F)20%20 granted79 denied
- Personal Conduct (E)17%7 granted34 denied
- Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H)18%7 granted33 denied
- Criminal Conduct (J) †16%3 granted16 denied
- Alcohol Consumption (G) †17%2 granted10 denied
- Psychological Conditions (I) †22%2 granted7 denied
- Foreign Influence (B) †63%5 granted3 denied
- Sexual Behavior (D) †20%1 granted4 denied
- Foreign Preference (C) †33%1 granted2 denied
- Handling Protected Information (K) †50%1 granted1 denied
- Use of Information Technology (M) †0%0 granted2 denied
- Outside Activities (L) †100%1 granted0 denied
| Concern | Granted | Denied | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Considerations (F) | 20 | 79 | 20% |
| Personal Conduct (E) | 7 | 34 | 17% |
| Drug Involvement & Substance Misuse (H) | 7 | 33 | 18% |
| Criminal Conduct (J) | 3 | 16 | 16% † |
| Alcohol Consumption (G) | 2 | 10 | 17% † |
| Psychological Conditions (I) | 2 | 7 | 22% † |
| Foreign Influence (B) | 5 | 3 | 63% † |
| Sexual Behavior (D) | 1 | 4 | 20% † |
| Foreign Preference (C) | 1 | 2 | 33% † |
| Handling Protected Information (K) | 1 | 1 | 50% † |
| Use of Information Technology (M) | 0 | 2 | 0% † |
| Outside Activities (L) | 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 2026 took a median of 274 days from the Statement of Reasons to the decision (measured on 147 cases with both dates in the text). The prior quarter’s median was 328 days.
Full timeline breakdowns are available on Measured timelines.
Hearing and written record
- In-person hearing29% granted · 113 cases
- On the written record8% granted · 36 cases
Representation
- With an attorney36% granted · 28 cases
- Self-represented21% granted · 120 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 2026-04-01 through 2026-06-30; appeals counted separately. Definitions and checks: methodology. Cite as: CASE, State of the Clearance Docket, Q2 2026 (clearancesearchengine.com/reports/quarterly/2026-q2). Computed live from the record as it stands today; decisions DOHA publishes late are added to their quarter automatically.