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The individual works for a DOE contractor and was granted a DOE access authorization in 2007 after a Local Security Office (LSO) mitigated some derogatory information, including concerns about the individual’s finances. Issues regarding the individual’s finances surfaced again in 2010. After two Personnel Security Interviews, one in 2010 and the other in 2011, failed to resolve the derogatory information regarding the individual’s finances, the LSO suspended the individual’s access authorization and sought permission to initiate administrative review proceedings

The individual is an employee of a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor who has held a security clearance for several years. During a routine reinvestigation, the local security office (LSO) discovered that the individual had not filed federal taxes for the tax years 2008 and 2009. In July 2011, the LSO interviewed the individual during a Personnel Security Interview (PSI), but that interview did not resolve the security concerns.

The individual is an employee of a DOE contractor and an applicant for an access authorization. On a Questionnaire for National Security Positions (QNSP), the individual disclosed that he had been charged with sexual penetration of a minor in 2003 and possession of marijuana in 1997. Exhibit 9. A Local Security Office (LSO) summoned the individual for an interview (PSI) with a personnel security specialist on April 6, 2011. Exhibit 10.

The individual currently is employed by a DOE contractor, and that contractor has requested that he receive a DOE security clearance. Based on issues contained in the individual’s security file, the Local Security Office (LSO) conducted a Personnel Security Interview with the individual in August 2011 (the 2011 PSI, DOE Ex. 8). In September 2011, a DOE-consultant psychologist (the DOE-consultant Psychologist) evaluated the individual, and memorialized her findings in a Psychological Evaluation Report (the Report, DOE Ex. 6).

The individual is an applicant for a DOE security clearance. In March 2011, as part of a background investigation, the Local Security Office (LSO) conducted a Personnel Security Interview (PSI) of the individual to address his alcohol use. In addition to the PSI, the LSO requested the individual’s medical records and recommended a psychiatric evaluation of the individual by a DOE consultant psychiatrist (DOE psychiatrist). The DOE psychiatrist examined the individual in August 2011 and memorialized his findings in a report (Psychiatric Report).

The Individual is employed by a DOE contractor and has held a DOE access authorization for several years. DOE Ex. 3. In August 2011, the Individual timely reported to the Local Security Office (LSO) her arrest for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of alcohol. DOE Ex. 10. The incident prompted a September 2011 Personnel Security Interview (PSI). DOE Ex. 11. After the PSI, the LSO referred the Individual to a DOE consultant-psychiatrist (“the DOE psychiatrist”) for an evaluation. The DOE psychiatrist evaluated the Individual in October 2011 and issued a report. DOE Ex. 8.

On March 12, 2012, an OHA Hearing Officer issued a Decision in which she determined that an Individual=s access authorization should not be granted. In reaching this determination, the Hearing Officer found that the Individual had not resolved the security concerns arising from his illegal drug use, alcohol use, and misrepresentations made during the process regarding his eligibility for access authorization. At the hearing, the Individual did not present any evidence to rebut any of the allegations.

The Individual is employed by a DOE contractor and has held a DOE access authorization for several years. DOE Exhibit (Ex.) 13 at 2. In June 2011, the Individual was cited for Disorderly and Lewd/Immoral Indecent Conduct (Disorderly Conduct). Ex. 9 at 2; Ex. 8 at 1. This disclosure prompted the Local Security Office to conduct a Personnel Security Interview (PSI) with the Individual in July 2011 (07/2011 PSI). Ex. 14. After the PSI, the LSO referred the Individual to a DOE consultant-psychologist (“the DOE Psychologist”) for an evaluation.

The individual currently is employed by a DOE contractor, and that contractor has requested that he receive a DOE security clearance. Based on issues contained in the individual’s security file, the Local Security Office (LSO) conducted a Personnel Security Interview with the individual in May 2011 (the 2011 PSI, DOE Ex. 17). In July 2011, a DOE-consultant psychiatrist evaluated the individual, and memorialized her findings in a Psychological Evaluation Report (the Report, DOE Ex. 6).

The individual has held a Department of Energy (DOE) access authorization for a number of years. In February 2011, the individual disclosed to an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) investigator that he had been viewing images on his home computer that he characterized as child pornography.