OF306 debarment question

SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A
1

Awhile back I was denied suitability for a position. My clearance was granted. The letter stated I was ineligible to apply for that position for 2 years.

Do I need to mark I was debarred from employment on question 12 on the OF 306?

I see a lot of posts on here of people who are denied suitability for polygraph fails or other stuff and they have to wait a year or two to apply again. How are you answering the debarment question?

On one hand, being ineligible for a period of time seems like it could be a debarment. Or is the question asking about government-wide or agency wide debarment for all positions?

2

I think “debarment” is a more specific situation and follows a formal process. Being found “unsuitable” is not the same thing. Debarment usually has to do with violation of contracting and procurement regulations, as I understand it.

In the notification you received about being found unsuitable and not being able to apply again for two years, did they use the term “debarment?”

3

Debarment is an actual process that you would have gone through and had to appear at a hearing for. In other words, you would have known if you went through it and had been debarred.