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Daniel W. Caprio, Jr joined the Technology Administration's Office of Technology Policy (OTP) on June 1, 2004. The TA/OTP Tech Team strives to maximize technology's contribution to U.S. economic growth, productivity, innovative capacity and global competitiveness. The office works closely with leaders from industry, federal labs and universities and state, federal and international governments on critical policy issues impacting technology creators and users.
On July 13, 2004, Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans named Daniel W. Caprio, Jr. to serve as the Commerce Department's Chief Privacy Officer (CPO). Caprio will oversee all Departmental activities related to the development and implementation of federal privacy laws, policies and practices.
Prior to working at Commerce, Caprio served for the previous six years as Special Assistant and Chief of Staff to Federal Trade Commissioner Orson Swindle, where he worked as principal technology policy advisor with specific emphasis on information security, privacy, and global electronic commerce. In December 2001, Caprio was appointed to the United States Government Experts Group to revise the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems and Networks. In December 2003, Mr. Caprio was named co-chairman of the National Cyber Security Partnership Awareness Task Force, a position he still holds.
Prior to joining Commissioner Swindle's staff in January 1998, Mr. Caprio was a lobbyist for KPMG Peat Marwick. Mr. Caprio has a broad range of experience in the federal legislative and executive branches of government, having worked for a member of the U.S. Senate, a number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including Representative Frank R. Wolf (R-VA ), and at the U.S. Department of Commerce where he directed Congressional Relations for the Economic Development Administration.
Mr. Caprio worked in state government where he represented the State of Illinois and Governors James R. Thompson and Jim Edgar. Mr. Caprio is married with four children. He received his B.S. in Political Science from James Madison University.
March 2005