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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-25-0006

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

  • PSH-24-0191

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-25-0008

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Diane L. Miles

  • PSH-24-0192

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F) · Alcohol (G) · Criminal conduct (J) · Guideline K
    Administrative Judge
    Diane L. Miles

  • PSH-24-0193

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F) · Alcohol (G) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh

  • PSH-24-0158

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana

  • PSH-24-0165

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III

  • PSH-24-0166

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

  • PSH-24-0167

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

  • 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-24-0125

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

  • PSH-24-0105

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Brenda B. Balzon

  • 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-24-0096

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Brenda B. Balzon

  • PSH-24-0092

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III

  • PSH-24-0091

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    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-24-0068

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III

  • PSH-24-0072

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh

  • PSH-24-0058

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Matthew Rotman

  • PSH-24-0057

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Brenda B. Balzon

  • PSH-24-0030

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated

  • PSH-24-0021

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-23-0138

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Financial considerations (F) · Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh

  • PSH-23-0145

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

  • PSH-23-0119

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III

  • PSH-23-0123

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh

  • PSH-23-0111

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-23-0094

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana

  • PSH-23-0088

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F) · Alcohol (G) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana

  • PSH-23-0096

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    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-23-0074

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

  • PSH-23-0071

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-23-0055

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Brenda B. Balzon

  • PSH-23-0064

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

  • PSH-23-0044

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh

  • PSH-23-0027

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

  • 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-22-0129

    Year
    2022
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Financial considerations (F) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated

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