---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 155.4"
title: "32"
number: "155.4"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/155.4"
---

# §155.4. Policy.


It is DoD policy that:

- (a) All proceedings provided for by this part shall be conducted in a fair and impartial manner.
- (b) A clearance decision reflects the basis for an ultimate finding as to whether it is clearly consistent with the national interest to grant or continue a security clearance for the applicant.
- (c) Except as otherwise provided for by E.O. 10865, as amended, or this part, a final unfavorable clearance decision shall not be made without first providing the applicant with:
  - (1) **Notice of specific reasons for the proposed action.**
  - (2) **An opportunity to respond to the reasons.**
  - (3) Notice of the right to a hearing and the opportunity to cross-examine persons providing information adverse to the applicant.
  - (4) Opportunity to present evidence on his or her own behalf, or to be represented by counsel or personal representative.
  - (5) **Written notice of final clearance decisions.**
  - (6) **Notice of appeal procedures.**
- (d) Actions pursuant to this part shall cease upon termination of the applicant's need for access to classified information except in those cases in which:
  - (1) A hearing has commenced;
  - (2) A clearance decision has been issued; or
  - (3) The applicant's security clearance was suspended and the applicant provided a written request that the case continue.

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 5383, Feb. 14, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 48565, Sept. 22, 1994]

### Authority

Authority: E.O. 10865, 3 CFR 1959-1963 Comp., p. 398, as amended by E.O. 10909, 3 CFR 1959-1963 Comp., p. 437; E.O. 11382, 3 CFR 1966-1970 Comp., p. 690; and E.O. 12829, 3 CFR 1993 Comp., p. 570.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 5383, Feb. 14, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[57 FR 5383, Feb. 14, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 48565, Sept. 22, 1994]