{"id":3916,"date":"2003-04-15T15:30:06","date_gmt":"2003-04-15T20:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=3916"},"modified":"2021-03-08T03:53:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T08:53:38","slug":"sen-pete-domenici-assails-doe-polygraph-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2003\/04\/15\/sen-pete-domenici-assails-doe-polygraph-screening\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Pete Domenici Assails DOE Polygraph Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p>Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20030705204353\/http:\/\/domenici.senate.gov\/newscenter\/record.cfm?id=192532\">criticizes<\/a> the Department of Energy&#8217;s decision to continue its reliance on polygraph screening: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0CONTACT: CHRIS GALLEGOS<\/p><p>APRIL 14, 2003\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(202) 224-7082<\/p><p>DOMENICI: DOE WORRIES SHOULDN&#8217;T MEAN CONTINUATION<br \/>OF FLAWED POLYGRPAH POLICY<\/p><p>WASHINGTON &#8212; U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today questioned the Department of Energy intention to continue heavy reliance on the use of extensive polygraph tests as a security screening tool for its employees, including workers at Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories.<\/p><p>&#8220;There is no question that DOE is under pressure because of problems involving security and lab management. This, however, should not be the basis for continuing a polygraph program that has been studied and found wanting,&#8221; Domenici said.<\/p><p>&#8220;This is definitely not the more focused polygraph policy I had hoped DOE and the NNSA would develop. I continue to believe that the system is too much and an affront especially since the polygraph program was so thoroughly criticized by the National Academy of Sciences. I hope the department will rethink this situation,&#8221; he said.<\/p><p>Domenici authored legislation, later incorporated into the FY2002 Defense Authorization Act, that required the DOE secretary and National Nuclear Security Administration administrator to implement a new DOE polygraph program based on the conclusions of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Polygraph Review. Senator Jeff Bingaman cosponsored the legislation.<\/p><p>The NAS subsequently issued a report concluding that while polygraph tests have proven effective under some circumstances, they are not an effective way for DOE to screen current and prospective employees.<\/p><p>Domenici is chairman of both the Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee that funds DOE and its national laboratory network.<\/p><p>-30-<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico criticizes the Department of Energy&#8217;s decision to continue its reliance on polygraph screening: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0CONTACT: CHRIS GALLEGOS APRIL 14, 2003\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(202) 224-7082 DOMENICI: DOE WORRIES SHOULDN&#8217;T MEAN CONTINUATIONOF FLAWED POLYGRPAH POLICY WASHINGTON &#8212; U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today questioned the Department of Energy intention to continue heavy reliance on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[287,14,350,471,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-3916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-polygraph","7":"tag-doe","8":"tag-national-academy-of-sciences","9":"tag-nnsa","10":"tag-pete-domenici","11":"tag-polygraph-screening","12":"anons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3917,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916\/revisions\/3917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}