Shortly before he left to take his position in Washington this past summer, former Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced the creation of the Office of Justice Data, whose purpose is to coordinate data collection and analysis across all the agencies within the Department of Law and Public Safety and to promote transparency and accountability through public data releases, particularly in the areas related to criminal justice. It is headed by Chief Data Officer Dr. Kristen Golden, who has worked on numerous projects in New Jersey regarding criminal justice data, including the 2017 criminal justice reform initiative and data-driven dashboards for public use, such as the use-of-force (https://www.njoag.gov/force/) and traffic stops https://www.njoag.gov/trafficstops/) public dashboards. A staff of research scientists is being added to assist in the work of the new office.