Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal managing editor, outlines problems associated with public access to government employment data and lists possible solutions. Henderson offered these comments during a Sept. 19, 2011, speech to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of John Locke Foundation events, click here.
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