Gavin Rozzi is an independent journalist, web developer & technology professional who has created several successful local news websites and civic technology platforms serving New Jersey.

Since early 2016, his political news website Ocean County Politics quickly became a “must read” for its in-depth reporting about local government, campaign finance and investigations of public officials in Ocean County, NJ. Stories first broken by Gavin on Ocean County Politics are frequently cited by larger media outlets, including NJ.com, POLITICO, InsiderNJ and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show.

In 2017 he launched OPRAmachine, a statewide freedom of information portal that automatically publishes public records requests & responses, the first website of its kind to serve New Jersey. The website, which is active in all 21 counties, allows anybody to easily request public documents from state and local government agencies under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA). It was the first production deployment of the open-source Alaveteli platform that targeted a single U.S. state rather than an entire country.

Ocean County Politics

• Kubiel Suing District 1 Fire Commissioners
• John Russo’s FBI File: Docs Show How Late State Sen. Was Tangled Up in 90’s Corruption Probe of Newark Airport Contracts
• Hugin Addresses Veterans Issues at Toms River Town Hall Meeting

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Data obtained via the OPRAmachine API:

• Kubiel vs. Toms River Fire District 1

  Requested from: Toms River FD1

  Status: Follow up

  Thank you, this confirms my receipt of the documents. Yours sincerely, Gavin Rozzi

• Kubiel vs. Toms River Fire District 1

  Requested from: Toms River FD1

  Status: Successful.

  Good afternoon, Mr. Rozzi. As per your request, please find the complaint served upon fire district No. 1. Please confirm receipt of the document. Bria...

• Yaar Sharkey v. Slota Settlement

  Requested from: Lacey Township

  Status: Information not held.

  The Township of Lacey has no documents relating to your OPRA request.   Thank you Veronica Laureigh Municipal Clerk/Administrator Township of Lace...

Ocean County College (Fall, 2017 semester):

• ALDC 102 - Addictions Counseling II

In this class, working with Professor John A. Brogan, Sr., I participated in an exercise that saw the students create their own jobs program for recovering addicts. Students addressed recidivism and integrating recovering addicts into community organizations & programs.

A significant role that I played in this class was providing technology assistance to the professor and helping to modernize teaching methods.

Stockton University (Fall, 2018 semester):

For the fall, 2018 semester I am serving as the teaching assistant for two of Professor Linda J. Wharton’s classes at Stockton. Both courses feature in-depth study & discussion of key decisions of the United States Supreme Court.

• POLS 3221 - Constitutional Law

• POLS 3223 - Civil Liberties

I am available for hire as a consultant for commercial projects and partners interested in utilizing my services.

Some of the types of projects I am interested include:

• Web development projects (WordPress etc.)
• IT and technology projects (Linux and Windows server issues)
• Writing and copyediting projects
• Video production and photography

I have created this section of my website due to the numerous inquiries I receive from users of my web services.

Public records research services

Due to my reputation for making use of the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA) for investigative reporting, I am often asked about assisting in researching a given topic for individuals and business owners using OPRA. I will soon be offering OPRA research services for those who would like to have me research a specific topic and provide them with the records I obtain.

Rates for these services will be announced on this website at a later date.

I cannot provide legal advice to you about an OPRA request or how to proceed with a specific legal strategy.

Please contact me if you would like to discuss a potential project.

Make a contribution or purchase a subscription

The easiest way to help support my work is to support me with a monthly contribution on Patreon. The biggest expense to support my operation each month is typically server space and related web hosting expenses.

If you would like to support my work with software defined radio (SDR) such as OC Radio Live, please consider subscribing to a premium plan at a reasonable monthly rate. The premium plan will enable additional features of the site as well as enable you to go as far back as two months back in time in our archives. Premium plan subscriptions help us to add more channels and defray the costs of web hosting.

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If you want to follow me or my work, be sure to follow my accounts on social media. Links to my various profiles are linked at the top of this website. If you find value in something I have created or written, please feel free to share it on social media.

• gr@gavinrozzi.com
• @gcr on Keybase.
• (732)-504-3636
• P.O. Box 32 Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey, 08734