PSH-23-0145 - In the Matter of Personnel Security Hearing

On December 21, 2023, an Administrative Judge (AJ) determined that the Individual's access authorization under 10 C.F.R. Part 710 should not be granted. 

The Individual submitted a Questionnaire for National Security Positions (QNSP) to a Local Security Office (LSO) in which she was required to report (1) any terminations from employment during the previous seven years, (2) any passports she had ever held that were issued by any country other than the United States, (3) and the names of any children she had.  The Individual had failed to comply with these requirements.  The Individual did disclose that she had substantial past due student loan debts and had pled guilty to misdemeanor falsification resulting from her receipt of a dividend from a state program after she submitted an application from which she had omitted information that disqualified her from receiving that dividend. 

The AJ noted that the Individual had not repaid the debt or entered a repayment plan and had not resolved the security concerns raised by her misdemeanor falsification charge and omission of information from her QNSP. 

The Administrative Judge therefore concluded that the Individual's access authorization should not be granted. (OHA Case No. PSH-23-0145, Fine)