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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-23-0101

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Brenda B. Balzon

  • PSH-23-0075

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Drug involvement (H) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Richard A. Cronin, Jr.

  • 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-22-0115

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

  • PSH-22-0118

    Year
    2022
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana

  • PSH-22-0084

    Year
    2022
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-22-0088

    Year
    2022
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated

  • PSH-22-0083

    Year
    2022
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-22-0037

    Year
    2022
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-22-0008

    Year
    2022
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Drug involvement (H) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-21-0096

    Year
    2021
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Kristin L. Martin

  • PSH-21-0114

    Year
    2021
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-21-0077

    Year
    2021
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Kristin L. Martin

  • PSH-21-0046

    Year
    2021
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Foreign influence (B) · Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Kimberly Jenkins-Chapman

  • PSH-21-0041

    Year
    2021
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-21-0039

    Year
    2021
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Richard A. Cronin, Jr.

  • PSH-21-0016

    Year
    2021
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-20-0034

    Year
    2021
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III

  • PSH-20-0058

    Year
    2020
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Financial considerations (F) · Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Kimberly Jenkins-Chapman

  • PSH-20-0061

    Year
    2020
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated

  • PSH-20-0027

    Year
    2020
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III

  • PSH-20-0019

    Year
    2020
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-19-0022

    Year
    2019
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Richard A. Cronin, Jr.

  • PSH-18-0049

    Year
    2018
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated

  • PSH-18-0025

    Year
    2018
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Richard A. Cronin, Jr.

  • PSH-17-0024

    Year
    2017
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-17-0018

    Year
    2017
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Kimberly Jenkins-Chapman

  • PSH-15-0013

    Year
    2015
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Robert B. Palmer

  • PSH-14-0075

    Year
    2014
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated

  • PSH-14-0039

    Year
    2014
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H) · Alcohol (G) · Criminal conduct (J) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    William M. Schwartz

  • PSH-14-0008

    Year
    2014
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Shiwali G. Patel

  • PSH-13-0118

    Year
    2014
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Robert B. Palmer

  • PSH-13-0105

    Year
    2014
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Richard A. Cronin, Jr.

  • PSH-13-0073

    Year
    2013
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H) · Psychological conditions (I) · Alcohol (G)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven J. Goering

  • PSH-13-0038

    Year
    2013
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H) · Psychological conditions (I) · Guideline L
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated

  • PSH-13-0018

    Year
    2013
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Criminal conduct (J) · Drug involvement (H) · Guideline K · Guideline L
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-13-0011

    Year
    2013
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H) · Psychological conditions (I) · Guideline D · Criminal conduct (J) · Personal conduct (E)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-12-0136

    Year
    2013
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H) · Guideline L
    Administrative Judge
    Steven J. Goering

  • PSH-12-0132

    Year
    2013
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H) · Guideline L
    Administrative Judge
    Steven J. Goering

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