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Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline G · Alcohol

Intoxication at Work or on Duty

What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, never a prediction.

Decided cases
125
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
14%
17 granted · 108 denied or revoked

Official mitigating conditions in play

The formal mitigating conditions (by official paragraph) that case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted vs denied. Extracted for a subset of cases; counts are cases, not percentages of everything. Read what each condition says.

ConditionIn granted casesIn denied cases
¶ 23(a)41

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR 23-01051 granted · 2024
    The applicant in this case was a 33-year-old systems engineer employed by a defense contractor since 2015. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citin
  • ISCR 16-02879.h1 granted · 2018
    The judge granted the applicant's security clearance, finding that the applicant had a history of alcohol abuse but had taken significant steps towards rehabilitation. The applicant demonstrated absti
  • ISCR 06-25684.a2 denied · 2008
    The applicant in this case sought a security clearance but faced concerns under Guideline G, which pertains to alcohol consumption. The core allegations in the Statement of Reasons indicated that the
  • ISCR 08-07803.a2 denied · 2010
    The applicant in this case sought a security clearance but was denied due to concerns under multiple adjudicative guidelines, specifically Guideline F (Financial Considerations), Guideline J (Criminal

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