# Top Issues in 2016 for Security Clearance Denials

**URL:** <https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/top-issues-in-2016-for-security-clearance-denials/869>\
**Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE NEWS\
**Created:** [January 4, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/top-issues-in-2016-for-security-clearance-denials/869 "2017-01-04T03:01:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/top-issues-in-2016-for-security-clearance-denials/869/2 "2017-01-04T04:03:51Z")

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Good info, thanks for posting.

I noticed that, as a percentage of total cases, financial considerations jumped from 44% to almost 58%! Many of the other areas declined, percentage-wise, including Alcohol, Drugs, and Criminal Conduct… better pre-screening perhaps?. I see that Handling Protected Information also went up a bit but not a large number of cases.

Would also like to see a similar breakdown for how long cases took but we won’t see that 🙂

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