After coming under fire from Pompeo, State Department watchdog to leave, citing vacancies act John Hudson The State Department’s acting inspector general is leaving his job Friday following an attack on his office by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s spokesperson concerning a report about official trips Pompeo took with his wife, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post. Inspector General Matthew Klimow told colleagues that he is leaving “a little bit earlier than I anticipated,” noting that “it was determined” that he must relinquish his duties in compliance with the Vacancies Reform Act, a law that allows acting officials to serve for 210 days after a vacancy is declared.