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BA Howell is what our future looks like. Beryl looks like Hillary double

Public service[edit]

From 1987 to 1993, Howell was an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, where she became Deputy Chief of the Narcotics Section.[6] From 1993 to 2003, Howell served on the staff of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary as a senior advisor to chairman Patrick Leahy, including as the committee’s general counsel starting in 1997.[5]

While working for Senator Leahy, Howell helped craft the E-FOIA amendments, which expanded electronic access to government records.[7] She also helped Sen. Leahy fend off proposals to impose new limits on the FOIA.[7] In 2001, she was honored by the Coalition to Support and Expand the Freedom of Information Act,[7] and in 2004, her FOIA work was honored by the Society of Professional Journalists.[6]

Howell was involved in crafting numerous pieces of legislation for the investigation and prosecution of computer crime and copyright infringement, including the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act,[8] the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act,[8] the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,[8] the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA),[9] the No Electronic Theft Act (NET Act),[6][9] the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA),[6][8][9] and the Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999.[6][9]

Howell was involved in national security issues,[10] including the creation of the USA PATRIOT Act,[6][9] which she defended in 2005 in an article for the Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly.[11]

The Center for Democracy and Technology lists Howell as a "board alum".[12]

Appointed by George W. Bush, Howell served as a member of the United States Sentencing Commission from 2004 until being seated on the District Court in 2010.[4][6]

In 2008, Howell served as a member of the Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency, sponsored by bipartisan think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies.[10][13]

Seatbelts, please! This is going to be a ride.