William Sanjour

William Sanjour

William Sanjour, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employee, was one of the lead whistleblowers in the Reagan Administration EPA scandals and advocated for public access to environmental information. Supported by whistleblower lawyers at the National Whistleblower Center in addition to his attorneys in Sanjour v. EPA, he challenged the rules restricting EPA workers’ right to speak to environmental community groups. In its decision, the court ordered a nationwide injunction upholding the First Amendment right of federal employees to criticize their agencies.