FORM
File of Relevant Material
What it is
The government’s evidence package in a case decided on the written record rather than at a hearing. Department Counsel assembles it and it goes to the Administrative Judge.
What you do
You have a set period to respond in writing once you receive it. That response is normally the last opportunity to put evidence in front of the judge.
Also called
FORM, file of relevant material.
Where this comes from
DOHA — Industrial Security Program. Named in DOHA’s industrial security program material as the written-record evidence package.
Where this sits
Stage: Adverse action, hearing and appeal · Applies to: Defense and contractor
Other documents at this stage
How the process worksA contested case follows a published sequence. Open this for the short version, or put a question to Ask Mode on the home page. Accounts are free and include up to 25 questions per day.
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.
Read the stages of a DOHA case · Ask a question about the process
Checked against the issuing agency's own published source. Descriptive research on published procedures. Not legal advice, and not a prediction about any pending case.
Where to go from here
I do this for clients
Rank every decision by how closely it matches a matter, see how the assigned judge has ruled, and keep it together with cited exports.
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