Computers in Government
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Supporting Education
Lee became a member of the U. S. Supreme Court Bar in 2000. That year, she was asked to write the Respondent's brief for a case selected for oral argument before the U. S. Supreme Court, Texas v. Cobb. The issue in the case revolved around the Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel. On January 16, 2001, she went to Washington, D.C., with Roy Greenwood and David Schulman, and sat second chair for the oral argument. Attorneys who appear before the U. S. Supreme Court are given a quill pen as a souvenir. Lee spent the rest of the week sight-seeing and attending the inauguration of President George W. Bush.
Lee was actively involved in the education of her children. From room mom or team mom to serving as an officer for the Parent Teacher Organization or Education Foundation Board, she always enjoyed working with her children's teachers, coaches and administrators to make sure they had the resources they needed. For example, she organized the sale and creation of over 700 Homecoming Mums each year at Westlake High School, and brought Asleep at the Wheel to Liberty to raise money for the Liberty ISD Education Foundation.
While working in Austin, Lee noticed that the more than 250 State agencies were autonomously purchasing and implementing computer systems, re-inventing the wheel over and over again. Her answer was the state equivalent of a chief information officer, to establish standards for interagency communications, promote resource sharing, and create economies of scale for purchases. Former State Rep. Ric Williamson tasked her with the job of writing that legislation, which she did. The bill passed, and the Texas Department of Information Resources was signed into law in 1989.