# What Does No Determination Made Mean for a Security Clearance?

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**Created:** [April 29, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/what-does-no-determination-made-mean-for-a-security-clearance/18489 "2024-04-29T14:01:31Z")\
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Originally published at: [https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/what-does-no-determination-made-mean-for-a-security-clearance/](https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/what-does-no-determination-made-mean-for-a-security-clearance/)  
   
National Security Adjudicators enter their adjudicative determinations into the various systems of record used to house security clearance information (DISS, CVS, Scattered Castles, etc.).&nbsp; These determinations could be to grant, deny, or revoke eligibility. They can also enter loss of jurisdiction, close no action, or no determination made. So, what exactly does a&nbsp;no determination made&nbsp;(NDM)…

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**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/what-does-no-determination-made-mean-for-a-security-clearance/18489/2 "2024-04-29T19:18:11Z")

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Can you do “NO ACTION”?

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**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/what-does-no-determination-made-mean-for-a-security-clearance/18489/3 "2024-04-29T20:56:04Z")

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There was a post on this forum (or maybe the late lamented Federal Soup security clearance forums) from somebody who got this outcome. As I recall this person was a military member so I suspect your second bullet may have applied.

I’d say this is a pretty rare outcome… I wonder if it mostly occurs when somebody loses interest in the job or finds something else after waiting a long time for the clearance.