The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA), the largest component of the Defense Legal Services Agency, provides hearings and issues decisions in personnel security clearance cases for contractor personnel doing classified work for all DoW components and 28 other Federal Agencies and Departments; conducts personal appearance hearings and issues decisions in security clearance cases for DoW civilian employees and military personnel; settles claims for uniformed service pay and allowances, and claims of transportation carriers for amounts deducted from them for loss or damage; conducts hearings and issues decisions in cases filed under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) relating to early intervention, special education or related services delivered by the DoW, and addresses claims filed with the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under TRICARE/CHAMPUS rules seeking payment for medical services; and functions as the Center for DoW Alternative Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management activities within the DOW and as a source of third party neutrals for such activities.
Email Notice:
If you are trying to contact anyone at DOHA using a osdgc.osd.mil email address, it will no longer work. The new DOHA email addresses all end in mail.mil. If you need to contact anyone at DOHA and do not have their new email address, please write to osd.doha.status@mail.mil and your message will be passed along to the right person.