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These are hearing decisions only. The Energy Department resolves many cases without a hearing. What is here is the set that reached a hearing and produced a published decision, so it does not describe how the Energy Department decides cases overall.

A favorable decision is not the final word. In the Energy Department process a decision in the individual's favor can still be appealed by the agency, so a favorable result here is what the judge decided, not necessarily the settled outcome.

Department of Energy only

This list holds no DOHA cases, and no figure on this site adds the two records together. The words differ as well: a Department of Energy applicant receives a Notification Letter with a Summary of Security Concerns attached (not a Statement of Reasons), the government is represented by DOE Counsel (not Department Counsel), the rulebook is 10 CFR Part 710, and a review of the result is heard by the DOE Headquarters Appeal Panel. Results are favorable or not favorable to the individual, never granted or denied.

  • PSH-25-0039

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-25-0006

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Financial considerations (F) · Alcohol (G) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III

  • PSH-24-0190

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh

  • PSH-25-0054

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-25-0043

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III

  • PSH-24-0153

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Psychological conditions (I) · Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III

  • PSH-25-0012

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated

  • PSH-24-0172

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Kristin L. Martin

  • PSH-24-0187

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Guideline D · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-24-0188

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-25-0011

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Foreign influence (B) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana

  • PSH-24-0175

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-24-0163

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated

  • PSH-24-0168

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh

  • PSH-24-0166

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Matthew Rotman

  • PSH-24-0184

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Brenda B. Balzon

  • PSH-24-0167

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Kristin L. Martin

  • PSH-24-0169

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Foreign influence (B) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana

  • PSH-24-0177

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Financial considerations (F) · Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-24-0130

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated

  • PSH-24-0125

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-24-0162

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Psychological conditions (I) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh

  • PSH-24-0159

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-24-0099

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Foreign influence (B) · Personal conduct (E) · Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III

  • PSH-24-0134

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh

  • PSH-24-0133

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana

  • PSH-24-0078

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-24-0082

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana

  • PSH-24-0098

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana

  • PSH-24-0109

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Guideline D · Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-24-0079

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh

  • PSH-24-0060

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh

  • PSH-24-0110

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J) · Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana

  • PSH-24-0088

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated

  • PSH-24-0089

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-24-0051

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-24-0031

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-24-0027

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-24-0067

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Personal conduct (E) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh

  • PSH-24-0026

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III

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