Liz Hempowicz is POGO’s Director of Public Policy. She oversees POGO’s legislative reform work, with a focus on whistleblower protections and government accountability. Liz develops and advances public policies to combat corruption and to promote openness and accountability in government. She has participated in efforts to improve lobbying and congressional ethics rules, authorities and protections for inspectors general, whistleblower protections, the Freedom of Information Act, and other open government initiatives.
Congress’s work should include continuing the investigations the IGs were not able to complete, one of many overdue steps for it to reassert itself as a coequal branch in foreign policy.
