Originally published at: https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/almost-half-of-all-appeals-at-doha-involve-financial-issues/
As in previous years, financial issues rule the roost as the number one reason for a security clearance denial. The number of appeals heard by the Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) involving financial considerations alone makes up more 48% of all the cases submitted. Of those, DOHA upheld the denials of almost 82%…
Why submit an appeal? Desperation, I suppose. Folks may feel their best (or only) chance to get a job is in the cleared space. May not make sense hoping for a positive outcome but it is their right to pursue it. Who knows maybe they are getting bad advice that they are paying too much for.
Kinda reminds me of an espionage case many years ago where a cleared contractor was trying to sell classified information. Unfortunately for this guy, he was talking to an undercover fed. He told the fed that he needed to raise money to clear up debts… so he could get a higher level of clearance.
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