I'm a technology leader in New Jersey. I build public technology, and I build and run the teams that make it: data platforms, websites and web apps, research software, and once, a statewide public records platform.
I spend a lot of time thinking about how public data can be made more useful, more accessible, and more honest, and building things to test that theory.
My day job is leading a public-sector technology office. This GitHub is my personal work and doesn't represent my employer.
What's here: R packages that turn messy public data into something an analyst can use, web apps and dashboards designed for regular people, and open government tools, because you should be able to see how your community works without filing three records requests first.
- M.S., Data Science & Strategic Analytics, Stockton University
- Former Research Computing Specialist at the Rutgers Urban & Civic Informatics Lab, where I was also principal investigator on an NJ State Policy Lab grant
- Taught graduate Data Visualization in Rutgers' Master of Public Informatics program
- Founded OPRAmachine, New Jersey's largest public records request platform, and ran it until handing it to new operators (75,000+ requests along the way)
- Certified Public Manager
| Project | What it does |
|---|---|
| zipcodeR | R package for working with U.S. ZIP codes: geocoding, demographics, spatial joins. Published in Software Impacts. |
| njgeo | Geocode NJ addresses using the state's official service. No API key needed. |
| njtr1 | R interface to NJ traffic crash data (NJTR-1 reports). |
| 1033-watch | Dashboard tracking military equipment transfers to U.S. law enforcement under the 1033 program. |
| OPRAmachine | Public records request platform for New Jersey. I founded it and ran it for seven years before it changed hands. |
| NJCSNavigator | Tool for navigating New Jersey civil service job titles and compensation data. |
R and Python for data work, React, Next.js, and Astro for the web, Spark and Databricks when the data gets big, QGIS for maps, Quarto for writing it all up.
I write about my projects, civic tech, and whatever rabbit hole I'm currently in. → gavinrozzi.com
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