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Omission / Failure to Disclose on Security Form

What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, not a prediction.

Does omission / failure to disclose on security form affect a security clearance?

Omission / Failure to Disclose on Security Form is an issue decided under Guideline E, Personal Conduct. In the decided DOHA record it appears in 2,673 hearing-level cases, and 26% of the 2,671 decided ended with access granted (702 granted, 1,969 denied). The mitigating conditions judges credited most often, and example decisions either way, are below.

Basis: 2,671 decided hearing-level cases raising this issue. Descriptive history of decided cases, not a prediction.

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Decided cases

2,673

hearing-level decisions raising this issue

Granted

26%

702 granted · 1,969 denied or revoked

Official mitigating conditions cited

The formal mitigating conditions the case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted and in cases that were denied. Each is shown with its paragraph number and a plain name. Read what each condition says.

  • ¶ 17(a) · A prompt, good-faith correction made before being confronted

    In granted cases
    188
    In denied cases
    69

  • ¶ 17(b) · The omission followed advice of counsel, and full cooperation followed

    In granted cases
    143
    In denied cases
    36

  • ¶ 17(c) · Minor, long ago, infrequent, or under unique circumstances

    In granted cases
    138
    In denied cases
    26

  • ¶ 17(d) · The behavior acknowledged, with counseling or other positive steps

    In granted cases
    69
    In denied cases
    5

  • ¶ 17(e) · Steps taken to reduce vulnerability to pressure

    In granted cases
    25
    In denied cases
    2

  • ¶ 17(f) · The information was unsubstantiated or came from a questionable source

    In granted cases
    9
    In denied cases
    3

Circumstances credited in granted cases

The specific circumstances the judge expressly credited among the granted cases on this issue where that detail was extracted.
  • corrected falsification promptly · credited in 27 granted cases
  • explanation of omission credible · credited in 27 granted cases
  • acknowledgment and remorse · credited in 4 granted cases
  • passage of time · credited in 2 granted cases
  • voluntary disclosure before confrontation · credited in 2 granted cases

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR Case No. 25-01463Granted2026

    The applicant, who is 59 years old and has been employed by a defense contractor since 2025, mitigated security concerns under Guideline E (Personal Conduct) and Guideline H (Drug Involvement and Subs…

  • ISCR Case No. 24-02233Granted2026

    Applicant, a contractor fabricator, admitted using marijuana from about 2012 to May 2024 and failing to disclose that use on his security clearance application. He later volunteered the marijuana use …

  • ISCR Case No. 26-00247Denied2026

    The applicant mitigated the personal conduct security concern but failed to mitigate the drug involvement and substance misuse security concern. The applicant admitted to purchasing marijuana from Jan…

  • ISCR Case No. 26-00359Denied2026

    The case involves an applicant for security clearance who faced allegations under Guideline E related to personal conduct. The applicant admitted to some allegations but denied others, claiming misund…

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How these numbers are measured

Scope: decided hearing-level cases whose per-allegation profile records this issue, matched to the same issue value the search filters use, so a count here and a filtered search always agree. A case raising several issues counts under each one. The mitigating conditions and the credited circumstances below were extracted for a subset of the record, so both are counts of cases rather than rates. Pages exist only for issues with at least 25 decided cases, and † marks any split built on fewer than 20.

Reading the statistics

  • Granted = access granted or continued; Denied = denied or revoked.
  • Grant rate = granted ÷ (granted + denied).
  • † marks figures based on fewer than 20 cases, too few to be reliable.
  • Hovering any rate shows its statistical range (a 95% confidence interval).
  • Figures are descriptive counts over decided, public DOHA ISCR decisions, never predictions or assessments of any pending case.

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