PSH-23-0127 - In the Matter of Personnel Security Hearing

Access Authorization denied; Guideline G 

On December 4, 2023, an Administrative Judge (AJ) determined that an Individual's access authorization under 10 C.F.R. Part 710 should not be granted. The Individual had a history of five alcohol-related arrests. A DOE Psychologist also found that the Individual had been binge consuming alcohol to an extent that his judgment was impaired. The AJ found that the Individual had only showed that he had been abstaining from alcohol use for a period of five months and that that period of remission was not sufficient to show that the Individual had mitigated the concerns arising the Individual's five alcohol-related arrests and his use of alcohol . The AJ therefore concluded that the Individual's access authorization should not be granted. ( OHA Case No. PSH-23-0127, Fine)