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Workplace Rules Violation

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

Does workplace rules violation affect a security clearance?

Workplace Rules Violation is an issue decided under Guideline E, Personal Conduct. In the decided DOHA record it appears in 765 hearing-level cases, and 20% of the 763 decided ended with access granted (151 granted, 612 denied). The mitigating conditions judges credited most often, and example decisions either way, are below.

Basis: 763 decided hearing-level cases raising this issue. Descriptive history of decided cases, not a prediction.

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Decided cases

765

hearing-level decisions raising this issue

Granted

20%

151 granted · 612 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(c) · Minor, long ago, infrequent, or under unique circumstances

    In granted cases
    47
    In denied cases
    18

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

    In granted cases
    23
    In denied cases
    5

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

    In granted cases
    18
    In denied cases
    4

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

    In granted cases
    11
    In denied cases
    4

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

    In granted cases
    4
    In denied cases
    1

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

    In granted cases
    3
    In denied cases
    2

Circumstances credited in granted cases

The specific circumstances the judge expressly credited among the granted cases on this issue where that detail was extracted.
  • acknowledgment and remorse · credited in 4 granted cases

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR Case No. 24-02477Granted2026

    Applicant, a cyber systems engineer, was alleged to have failed to conduct required computer audits while working as a Security Administrator at B Air Force Base, raising concerns under Guideline E an…

  • ISCR Case No. 24-01244Granted2026

    Applicant, represented by counsel, sought a security clearance under Guidelines E and F. The judge found no deliberate falsification on the e-QIP or interrogatories and concluded Applicant’s employmen…

  • ISCR Case No. 26-00468Denied2026

    The applicant, a 70-year-old engineer, was denied security clearance due to unresolved security concerns under Guidelines E and J. He admitted to being terminated for bringing a handgun to work in Dec…

  • ISCR Case No. 25-01478Denied2026

    The applicant was denied security clearance due to unresolved security concerns related to drug involvement and personal conduct. The allegations included marijuana use while holding a clearance, sell…

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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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