Closed-Incomplete Notice
What it is
Sent when a previously requested fingerprint chart was never received, so the case is closed without completing. It returns with the new chart when that is supplied.
Also called
closed incomplete, incomplete notice.
Where this comes from
DCSA — Terms and Definitions. DCSA: case papers returned "when DCSA has not received a new fingerprint chart previously requested".
Where this sits
Stage: Investigation and case status · Applies to: Government-wide
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A contested case follows a published path: a Statement of Reasons, the government's written list of its concerns (an SOR), a written answer, a hearing or a decision on the written record, the judge's decision, and in some cases an appeal.
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