# Being told not Eligible for a CAC

**URL:** <https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/being-told-not-eligible-for-a-cac/1192>\
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**Created:** [April 6, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/being-told-not-eligible-for-a-cac/1192 "2017-04-06T03:54:01Z")\
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@marko.hakamaa wrote about this late last year. I think this is the article @sbusquirrel was referring to.

> [@DOHA Starts Hearing CAC Denial Appeals](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/doha-starts-hearing-cac-denial-appeals/811):
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> Originally published at: [https://clearancejobsblog.com/doha-starts-hearing-cac-denial-appeals/](https://clearancejobsblog.com/doha-starts-hearing-cac-denial-appeals/) The adjudicative criteria for review of background investigations conducted for the issuance of the Dod Common Access Card (CAC) is governed by DoD Instruction 5200.46 published in September 2014. A little known fact, at least up to now, was that the Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA), the same body that hears clearance denial…

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