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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-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-25-0033

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-24-0193

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

  • 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-24-0178

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Alcohol (G) · Drug involvement (H) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Kristin L. Martin

  • PSH-24-0170

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

  • PSH-24-0181

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not stated
    Concerns
    Psychological conditions (I) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana

  • PSH-24-0156

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated

  • PSH-24-0160

    Year
    2025
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Kristin L. Martin

  • PSH-24-0142

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Psychological conditions (I) · Guideline M
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-24-0128

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-24-0162

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

  • PSH-24-0123

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Psychological conditions (I) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-24-0080

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Brenda B. Balzon

  • PSH-24-0060

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

  • PSH-24-0067

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

  • PSH-24-0036

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-24-0046

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Phillip Harmonick

  • PSH-24-0022

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Not stated

  • PSH-24-0042

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

  • PSH-24-0020

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    James P. Thompson III

  • PSH-24-0014

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana

  • PSH-24-0028

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

  • PSH-24-0012

    Year
    2024
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • 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-23-0132

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

  • PSH-23-0120

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Personal conduct (E) · Psychological conditions (I) · Criminal conduct (J)
    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-23-0086

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Psychological conditions (I) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Steven L. Fine

  • PSH-23-0088

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

  • 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-23-0090

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Kristin L. Martin

  • 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-23-0078

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Psychological conditions (I) · Criminal conduct (J)
    Administrative Judge
    Noorassa A. Rahimzadeh

  • PSH-23-0065

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Alcohol (G) · Psychological conditions (I)
    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-23-0073

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana

  • PSH-23-0062

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

  • 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-23-0040

    Year
    2023
    Result
    Not favorable
    Concerns
    Psychological conditions (I)
    Administrative Judge
    Katie Quintana

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