Interim revoked after 22 months

Many folks are denied an Interim (an Interim is sort of a temporary clearance).

Usually (remember usually) an Interim for a Secret level clearance is based on a look-see (a review) of the completed & submitted SF-86, that has been submitted for a NACLC (National Agency Check, Law and Credit).

An Interim Secret-level can only be granted when there are no potentially disqualifying conditions (obvious in that SF-86) or when an existing disqualifying condition is clearly & fully mitigated (explained) by information contained in the SF-86.

That is why I urge folks to make full use of the Comments Sections in e-Quip to (rightly + in great detail) explain any listed issues. 

If one doesn't, the clearance applicant is just assuring themselves that Interim denial, which may be avoided.

Sometimes, in explaining a listed issue(s), it is best to provide more than asked, other times it is best only to answer what is asked.

Without an Interim, that person should not be handling any classified information.

Every (cleared) person knows the”do's + don'ts" of their holding a clearance (when they have been granted a clearance, their security folks complete a "Read-ON" (or briefing) to them.

One of those is the requirements (of a clearance holder) is to report any security violations, infractions and so on to their FSO or to DSS (if they don't trust their own security folks).

When a person is denied an Interim, they have no appeal rights to contest that decision.

No one is going to tell them why they didn't receive an Interim.

They can only appeal a denial of a Final clearance.

Many (if not most folks) who are denied an Interim do (eventually) get the Final clearance (most important).

Some clearance information:

-folks can be granted an Interim, but be denied a Final.

-folks can be granted an Interim, and be granted a Final.

-folks can be denied an Interim, and be granted the Final.

-folks can be denied an Interim, and be denied a Final.

If they remain with the same employer in a position that doesn’t require a clearance, their clearance is administratively downgraded or withdrawn. In this case, the clearance can be administratively upgraded or reinstated provided the underlying investigation is not out of date.

If they terminate their employment, their clearance is terminated.

If they are again hired into a position that requires the same or lower level clearance, the clearance can be reinstated provided two years have not elapsed since the clearance was terminated and the underlying investigation is not out of date.

When a person has a break in service (i.e., terminated employment where they held a security clearance and subsequently hired for a job that requires a clearance), there are time limits during which a clearance can be reinstated without an investigation.

Any break in service of 24 months or more requires a new initial investigation regardless of the date of the last investigation. If there is a break in service of less than 24 months and the time since the last investigation is not greater than the interval specified for the periodic reinvestigation, the clearance can be reinstated without an investigation.

When hired for a position requiring a clearance of a lower level than previously held, the interval for the lower level applies.

Under certain circumstances a person with a break in service of less than 24 months whose prior investigation for a Top Secret or Q clearance occurred more than 5 years ago, may only have to have a SSBI-PR.

 In any even the Applicant may be required to submit a new SF-86, even if a new reinvestigation is not required.