Billy Easley is Americans for Prosperity’s Senior Policy Analyst for technology and innovation policy. In this role, he reviews state and federal policy on digital free speech, privacy, government surveillance and related policies. Previously he served as a legislative specialist for the United States Sentencing Commission where he authored a paper on the relationship between age and recidivism among federal prisoners. Billy started his career working for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and as Senator Rand Paul’s legal counsel for technology and criminal justice policy.