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, not a prediction.
Decided cases
75
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
29%
22 granted · 53 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.
| 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 · 157 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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