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What is this clearance document?

A directory of the forms and notices that appear in a security clearance case. Search by form number or by a phrase from the page in front of you. Each entry says what the document is, whether it is something you normally see, and where the description comes from.

Many of these are routine processing notices between agencies rather than decisions about you. For the correspondence in a contested case (the interrogatory, the Statement of Reasons, the hearing notice, the decision and the appeal) see correspondence in a DOHA case, which covers those in more depth.

Stage

All stagesAdverse action, hearing and appealAccess agreements and briefingsGetting your own records

Where it applies

EverywhereGovernment-wideDefense and contractorEnergy

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Access agreements and briefings

What is signed once eligibility exists, and what is signed on the way out.

Human Reliability Program Certification

DOE F 470.3

You normally see or sign this.

What it is
Certification under the Human Reliability Program, the additional screening applied to Energy positions with access to nuclear materials or comparable responsibilities.
Also called
DOE F 470.3, HRP certification, human reliability

Full entry for DOE F 470.3

Source: DOE — Forms. Listed by form number and title on the DOE forms index.

Acknowledgment and Agreement to Participate in the Human Reliability Program

DOE F 470.4

You normally see or sign this.

What it is
The individual’s acknowledgment of, and agreement to take part in, the Human Reliability Program.
What you do
Sign it to enter the programme. Participation is a condition of the position, not an optional extra.
Also called
DOE F 470.4, HRP agreement, agreement to participate

Full entry for DOE F 470.4

Source: DOE — Forms. Listed by form number and title on the DOE forms index.

Human Reliability Program Refusal of Consent

DOE F 470.6

You normally see or sign this.

What it is
The form recording a refusal to consent within the Human Reliability Program. Refusal has consequences for the position, since participation is a condition of it.
Also called
DOE F 470.6, HRP refusal, refusal of consent

Full entry for DOE F 470.6

Source: DOE — Forms. Listed by form number and title on the DOE forms index.

How the process worksDocuments arrive in a published order. The stages below follow that order, from the first questionnaire to a request for your own records.

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

Each entry was checked against the issuing agency's own published source, and documents that could not be verified against an official source are deliberately not listed. Descriptive research on published procedures. Not legal advice, and not a prediction about any pending case.

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