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Caprio Joins McKenna Long & Aldridge

May 14, 2009

caprio.jpgDaniel Caprio, a former chief privacy officer and acting assistant secretary for technology policy at the Commerce Department, has joined the government affairs practice at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP as managing director. Caprio, who has been consulting on various technology projects since serving as an unofficial adviser to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, will provide guidance to clients, particularly in the areas of radio frequency identification, data and information privacy, and cybersecurity. Caprio left his Bush administration post for the job of executive vice president and senior fellow at the Progress and Freedom Foundation, a free market think tank. Prior to working at Commerce, Caprio served for six years as chief of staff to FTC Commissioner Orson Swindle, where he worked as principal technology policy advisor with specific emphasis on IT security, privacy, and global electronic commerce. Caprio will join a number of notables on MLA's government affairs team including former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Gordon Giffin; former Democratic presidential candidate Gov. Howard Dean; and others.

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