Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline K · Handling Protected Info
Unspecified Information Handling Failure
What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, not a prediction.
Decided cases
114
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
57%
64 granted · 49 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) | 10 | 2 |
| ¶ 35(b) | 10 | 1 |
| ¶ 35(d) | 7 | 1 |
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 04-04264.a2 granted · 2007The applicant in this case was a senior software engineer for a defense contractor who faced security concerns under Guideline K (Security Violations) of Department of Defense Directive 5220.6. The al…
- ISCR 04-05802.a1 granted · 2007The applicant in this case was a computer technician for a defense contractor who had held a security clearance since 1990. The Department of Defense's Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) in…
- 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 17-03588 denied · 2018The applicant in this case was a 70-year-old senior principal engineering fellow employed by a defense contractor, who sought to maintain his security clearance after a series of security violations. …
Related issues under Guideline K
- Failure to Safeguard or Secure · 157 cases
- Unauthorized Disclosure · 75 cases
- Removed Classified Info to Personal Space · 37 cases
- Cross-Domain (Spillage) Violation · 27 cases
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