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Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline E · Personal Conduct

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.

Decided cases
2,662
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
26%
700 granted · 1,960 denied or revoked

Official mitigating conditions cited

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 numbers of cases, not rates. Read what each condition says.

ConditionIn granted casesIn denied cases
¶ 17(a)18769
¶ 17(b)14336
¶ 17(c)13626
¶ 17(d)695
¶ 17(e)252
¶ 17(f)93

Circumstances credited in granted cases

Specific circumstances the judge expressly credited, among the granted cases on this issue where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).

  • 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 06-25552.h1 granted · 2007
    Applicant, a 57-year-old employee of a computer company contracted to a government contractor in the health care sector, faced trustworthiness concerns under Guideline F (Financial Considerations), Gu
  • ISCR 06-25734.h1 granted · 2007
    The applicant in this case was a 56-year-old U.S. Air Force veteran who had accrued three delinquent debts totaling approximately $13,500 between 1994 and 2001. He failed to disclose these debts on a
  • ISCR 06-25543 denied · 2008
    The applicant in this case sought a public trust position and faced allegations under Adjudicative Guidelines F (Financial Considerations) and E (Personal Conduct). The Statement of Reasons (SOR) indi
  • ISCR 06-25863.h1 denied · 2007
    The applicant in this case was a 54-year-old senior consultant for a defense contractor who sought to retain his security clearance. The adjudicative guidelines at issue were related to personal condu

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