POGO’s Liz Hempowicz testified in Congress on the state of whistleblowing in government and gave recommendations for protecting and enhancing whistleblowers’ vital role. POGO has seven recommendations including “ensure that whistleblowers facing reprisal are entitled to interim relief so they are able to seek enforcement of their protections under the law; expand prohibited personnel practices across all government sectors to include retaliatory investigations and security clearance actions; and clarify that whistleblowers are entitled to anonymity and create an actionable right for whistleblowers to challenge retaliation that includes exposing their identity.” (Project on Government Oversight, January 28, 2021, by Liz Hempowicz)
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