Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline K · Handling Protected Info
Unauthorized Disclosure
What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, never a prediction.
Decided cases
76
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
30%
23 granted · 53 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.
| Condition | In granted cases | In denied cases |
|---|---|---|
| ¶ 35(a) | 14 | 3 |
| ¶ 35(b) | 11 | 2 |
| ¶ 35(c) | 4 | 1 |
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 18-01313 granted · 2019The applicant in this case was a 58-year-old single woman employed as a security assistant for various federal contractors since 2012. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility iss…
- ISCR 18-01631 granted · 2020The applicant in this case was a 46-year-old defense contractor with a history of holding security clearances, including a top secret sensitive compartmented information (TS/SCI) clearance. The Depart…
- ISCR 14-05127.a1 denied · 2016The applicant in this case was a retired military official who sought a security clearance after the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing security concerns under Guid…
- ISCR 18-01629 denied · 2019The applicant in this case was a 52-year-old engineer with extensive experience in the information technology field, specifically in managing projects related to fiber security systems. The Department…
Related issues under Guideline K
- Failure to Safeguard or Secure · 156 cases
- Unspecified Information Handling Failure · 114 cases
- Removed Classified Info to Personal Space · 37 cases
- Cross-Domain (Spillage) Violation · 27 cases
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