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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.

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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-23-0145

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine
  • PSH-23-0144

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana
  • PSH-23-0135

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh
  • PSH-23-0132

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh
  • PSH-23-0109

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G)
    Administrative Judge
    Richard A. Cronin, Jr.
  • PSH-23-0131

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Foreign influence (B) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick
  • PSH-23-0120

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Psychological conditions (I) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated
  • PSH-23-0117

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh
  • PSH-23-0114

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated
  • PSH-23-0104

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III
  • PSH-23-0105

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana
  • PSH-23-0094

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana
  • PSH-23-0098

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh
  • PSH-23-0092

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Guideline D · Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Psychological conditions (I) · Guideline M
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh
  • PSH-23-0084

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Brenda B. Balzon
  • PSH-23-0060

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Financial considerations (F) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh
  • PSH-23-0080

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated
  • PSH-23-0074

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine
  • PSH-23-0062

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick
  • PSH-23-0067

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G)
    Administrative Judge
    Brenda B. Balzon
  • PSH-23-0076

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick
  • PSH-23-0069

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III
  • PSH-23-0066

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick
  • PSH-23-0064

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh
  • PSH-23-0057

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine
  • PSH-23-0017

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine
  • PSH-23-0041

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Brenda B. Balzon
  • PSH-23-0027

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Richard A. Cronin, Jr.
  • PSH-23-0009

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III
  • PSH-22-0140

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Financial considerations (F) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III
  • PSH-23-0036

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick
  • PSH-23-0028

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Brenda B. Balzon
  • PSH-23-0005

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana
  • PSH-22-0139

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh
  • PSH-22-0115

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Brenda B. Balzon
  • PSH-23-0001

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

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