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This post reviews some of the changes that have been made to the {zipcodeR} package in version 0.2 which was recently accepted by CRAN.

There has been a lot of interest in Governor Murphy’s executive orders and the various public health restrictions they’ve codified during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this post I will show how sentiment analysis can be applied to the governor’s executive orders in New Jersey to analyze the content of them.

Back in February, we announced plans to accept applications from the community for a new public-interest initiative, the OPRAmachine Research Fellowship. We planned to start moving forward with this in March, but the world rapidly changed when COVID-19 struck.

Using zipcodeR in academic work? Check out the journal article! In this post I will introduce zipcodeR, my new open-source R package that provides a set of integrated functions and data that make working with ZIP code-level data easier in R.

I’m thrilled to announce the public release of a new interactive dashboard created from 3 years of OPRA request metadata collected via OPRAmachine. I first created the OPRAmachine platform in 2017, and one of my goals since starting the project was collecting data about OPRA requests in order to track how well public authorities comply with New Jersey’s state freedom of information law.

I’ve heard from quite a few of you interested in my work 3D printing masks and face shields for healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic, so I wanted to write this blog post to cover some of the most frequently asked questions I am getting.

I am open-sourcing the codebase for 911maps, the web app I have been building since early last year. 911maps is my vision for creating a framework that allows the public to map and analyze emergency incidents and responses, using data obtained from public safety authorities.

When Hurricane Sandy struck in 2012, power, internet and cell phone service were knocked out for many across the Jersey Shore. I first obtained by amateur radio license from the FCC after passing the technician exam the summer prior to Sandy hitting, earning the callsign KD2CXZ.

Indego operates a bike sharing network in Philadelphia. They also publish anonymized data detailing usage of the service. As a part of my coursework for the Data Science & Strategic Analytics masters program at Stockton University, last semester I was tasked with creating a visualization that told a data story regarding the bike sharing program using the Python library matplotlib.

I was interviewed by the Asbury Park Press regarding my work creating the OPRAmachine freedom of information portal