I have seen it time and again where security clearance applicants who are denied eligibility based on financial issues claim the reason for the delinquent debts is because the spouse was in cha...
https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/spouses-failure-to-pay-taxes-is-no-excuse/
Illegal drug use appeals are piling up at the Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals, mostly due to marijuana being legalized for recreational and medical use in more and more states. As noted b...
Having been in the military myself many years ago, it always astounds me when I read about military personnel who blatantly use drugs while in the service, even though they know it is not allow...
This particular Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) case was certainly an interesting read just because of the audacity of the applicant in thinking he could keep a security clearance in...
Last year, the number of security clearance denials involving illegal drug use increased by 36% from the previous year. Quite a few of the denials involved security clearance holders who mistaken...
https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/clearance-denials-involving-drug-use-on-the-rise/
I ran across a rather unusual Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) case involving serious criminal conduct occurring in 2007. In most cases, the time elapsed since then would have mitigat...
https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/applicant-with-kidnapping-conviction-denied-by-doha/
The total number of Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) security clearance denials involving alcohol consumption went down from 82 in 2022 to 69 in 2023. In most cases, the use of alco...
https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/alcohol-consumption-and-impacts-on-clearance-eligibility/
There were only two Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) cases involving the Allegiance guideline this year. This one involved a DoD contractor who had shown a more than passing interest ...