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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-24-0043

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

  • 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-23-0139

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III

  • PSH-23-0130

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Richard A. Cronin, Jr.

  • PSH-24-0002

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-23-0132

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

  • PSH-23-0117

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

  • PSH-23-0100

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated

  • 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-23-0101

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

  • PSH-23-0079

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H) · Psychological conditions (I) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Kristin L. Martin

  • PSH-23-0075

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

  • PSH-23-0087

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Mixed
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Financial considerations (F) · Drug involvement (H) · Psychological conditions (I) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • 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-23-0054

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Richard A. Cronin, Jr.

  • PSH-23-0026

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not stated
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-22-0115

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

  • PSH-22-0134

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Guideline D · Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H) · Psychological conditions (I) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Richard A. Cronin, Jr.

  • PSH-22-0137

    Year
    2022
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-22-0135

    Year
    2022
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh

  • 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-22-0079

    Year
    2022
    Result
    Not stated
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Financial considerations (F) · Drug involvement (H) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated

  • PSH-22-0048

    Year
    2022
    Result
    Mixed
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Richard A. Cronin, Jr.

  • 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-21-0117

    Year
    2022
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Kimberly Jenkins-Chapman

  • PSH-21-0124

    Year
    2021
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • 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-21-0095

    Year
    2021
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated

  • PSH-21-0079

    Year
    2021
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-21-0077

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

  • PSH-21-0063

    Year
    2021
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Drug involvement (H)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-21-0046

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

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