Dan Caprio serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy at the Technology Administration (TA). The mission of TA is to maximize technology's contribution to U.S. economic growth, productivity, innovative capacity and global competitiveness by working closely with leaders from industry, federal labs and universities, and state, federal and international governments on critical policy issues impacting technology.

In July 2004, Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans named Mr. Caprio as Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) for the Department of Commerce. Caprio oversees all Departmental activities related to the development and implementation of federal privacy laws, policies, and practices. Mr. Caprio chairs the Department of Commerce Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) working group and co-chairs the Executive Branch RFID Intra-Government Counsel.

Prior to working at Commerce, Mr. Caprio served for the previous six years 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. 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 during the Reagan Administration 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. Caprio is married with four children. He received his B.S. in Political Science from James Madison University.