KEYWORD: Guideline F
DIGEST: Applicant made no assertion of harmful error.  The Board cannot consider new
evidence on appeal.  Adverse decision affirmed.
CASE NO: 10-00983.a1
DATE: 05/17/2011
DATE: May 17, 2011
In Re:
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Applicant for Security Clearance
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ISCR Case No. 10-00983
APPEAL BOARD SUMMARY DISPOSITION
APPEARANCES
FOR GOVERNMENT
James B. Norman, Esq., Chief Department Counsel
FOR APPLICANT
Pro se
The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) declined to grant Applicant a security
clearance.  On October 2, 2010, DOHA issued a statement of reasons (SOR) advising Applicant of
the basis for that decision—security concerns raised under Guideline F (Financial Considerations)
of Department of Defense Directive 5220.6 (Jan. 2, 1992, as amended) (Directive).  Applicant
requested a hearing.  On February 28, 2011, after the hearing, Administrative Judge Edward W.
Loughran denied Applicant’s request for a security clearance.  Applicant appealed pursuant to the
Directive ¶¶ E3.1.28 and E3.1.30.
Applicant’s appeal brief makes no assertion of harmful error on the part of the Judge.
Applicant made factual assertions implying improvements in her finances which she asserts support
a granting of her security clearance.  However, the Board may not consider new evidence on appeal.
See Directive ¶ E3.1.29.  Applicant also requests additional time to make further progress. The
Board does not have such authority.  See, e.g.,  ISCR Case No. 06-24458 at 2 (App. Bd. Jan. 14,
2008). The Appeal Board’s authority to review a case is limited to cases in which the appealing
party has alleged the Judge committed harmful error.  See Directive ¶ E3.1.32.  The Board does not
review cases de novo.  Therefore, the decision of the Judge denying Applicant a security clearance
is AFFIRMED. 
Signed: Michael Y. Ra’anan           
Michael Y. Ra’anan
Administrative Judge
Chairperson, Appeal Board
Signed: Michael D. Hipple                               
Michael D. Hipple
Administrative Judge
Member, Appeal Board
Signed: William S. Fields               
William S. Fields
Administrative Judge
Member, Appeal Board