WPC s'10lu k\:q7-driO%e|ZOmI#c WʛfMy^rV<&pK}3W%PXgeusXaJc kM{?qfQXjNy@i}ƱrpXJ5i*! I;zW2?Q9F] 46-;"'35~;?p~Q{ #a`Jx!`#@UN %W 0:] Z ^ w 4  $ m& E= Z? 0 0D# Ng $i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i BHewlett-Packard HP LaserJet P3010 Series0(9 Z6Times New Roman RegularX($USUS.,8DocumentManagement::ModifiedBooleanTRUEJ;EJ!PCsg<3|xU8DocumentManagement::ModifiedBooleanTRUE(:(2x$ !USUS.,        0  (#$  0    x$USUS.,      1    _XXTr.56.TheJudgesstatementtoApplicantcreatedasituationthatwassimilartoonewereviewedinADP  CaseNo.1503786(App.Bd.Apr.21,2017).Aswenotedthere AJudgehasnoauthoritytopromiseanapplicanta t clearanceortoadviseonthequantumofevidencethatwouldmitigatetheconcernsinhisorhercase.Seee.g.,_ISCR_ 8 CaseNo.1402806at3,n.1(App.Bd.Sep.9,2015).Inaddition,actionsinaclearanceadjudicationmayhave L significantramificationsinotheraspectsofanapplicantslife. d !USUS.,  _KEYWORD:GuidelineF  DIGEST:AJudgehasnoauthoritytopromiseanapplicantaclearanceortoadviseonthe  quantumofevidencethatwouldmitigatetheconcernsinhisorhercase.Inaddition,actionsina t clearanceadjudicationmayhavesignificantramificationsinotheraspectsofanapplicantslife. ` Adversedecisionaffirmed. L  _CASENO_:1505849.a1 $ t DATE:07/17/2017  L  __   `     h      p DATE:July17,2017 $  .؉7r(#(#.A_ ) xdEgA   InRe:        W   ApplicantforSecurityClearance k A_ ) xdEgA C  R )   ) p ) \ ) H ) 4 )  p )  \ ) H   4! pX p ISCRCaseNo.1505849 H$  4% .؉7r. \XXp *%    APPEALBOARDDECISION ) APPEARANCES N",  & %XX FORGOVERNMENT  &$v. JamesB.Norman,Esq.,ChiefDepartmentCounsel $N /  FORAPPLICANT  &!1  Prose #XHX%& # '"2     TheDepartmentofDefense(DoD)declinedtograntApplicantasecurityclearance.OnApril 4*%5 20,2016,DoDissuedastatementofreasons(SOR)advisingApplicantofthebasisforthat  +p&6 decision"securityconcernsraisedunderGuidelineF(FinancialConsiderations)ofDepartmentof  ,\'7 DefenseDirective5220.6(Jan.2,1992,asamended)(Directive).Applicantrequestedahearing. ,H(8 OnMay9,2017,afterthehearing,DefenseOfficeofHearingsandAppeals(DOHA)Administrative -4)9 JudgeMarkHarveydeniedApplicantsrequestforasecurityclearance.Applicantappealedpursuant  totheDirectiveE3.1.28andE3.1.30.    Applicantsappealbriefstatesthe JudgetoldmetoworryabouttheIRSdebtwhichIdid ` ...TheJudgetoldApplicant [t]hekeyissuehereisyourIRSdebt.Thatsalotmoreimportant L  thananyoftheotherones.Iknowinacoupleofmonths,yourenotgoingtobeabletoshowmuch 8  progresson$26,000indebt.Youneedtohaveagreatjobtomakeadentinthat.Ifyoucanmake $ t someprogress. #  1      ׀TheappealbriefalsocontainsanarrativestatementfromtheApplicant  ` explaininghisfinancialsituationandstatingthathefullyresolvedthesignificantFederaltaxlien  L  allegedinSOR1.a.However,theJudgefoundinfavorofApplicantwithrespecttothatallegation.  8  TheJudgefoundagainstApplicantonninedebtswithatotalvalueofmorethan$23,000. $  Additionally,ApplicantrequeststhattheBoardgranthimmoretimetopayoffhisdebtsbecausehe   hasbeen outofworkfornearlyamonthwithnopay.     TheBoardcannotconsideranynewevidenceonappeal.SeeDirectiveE3.1.29.Moreover,   ithasnoauthoritytograntanapplicantanextensionforthepurposeofobtainingmoreevidence. p See,e.g.,ISCRCaseNo.1501778at2(App.Bd.Jan.31,2017).TheBoarddoesnotreviewacase \ denovo.TheBoardcannotconcludeonthesubstanceofthiscasethattheJudgecommittedharmful H error.ApplicanthasnotmadeanallegationofharmfulerroronthepartoftheJudge.Therefore,the 4 decisionoftheJudgeisAFFIRMED.  p    `     h   Signed:MichaelRaanan      `     h   MichaelRaanan      `     h   AdministrativeJudge     `     h   Chairperson,AppealBoard     `     h   Signed:JamesF.Duffy D!    `     h   JamesF.Duffy 0"     `     h   AdministrativeJudge #l!    `     h   Member,AppealBoard $X"    `     h   Signed:WilliamS.Fields '#&    `     h   WilliamS.Fields     `     h   AdministrativeJudge     `     h   Member,AppealBoard