US Attorney's Office, Department of Justice and White House
In 1997, Asplen was appointed Assistant United States Attorney for the US Attorney’s Office in Washington D.C. and worked in the Domestic/Family Violence Unit.
In 1997 Asplen was also appointed as the Executive Director of the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence. The Commission’s mission was to “Maximize the potential of DNA technology in the criminal justice system.” The Commission consisted of national and international experts in areas of law enforcement, science, legal…
In 2000 he was appointed Team Leader for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, White House Initiative on Law Enforcement Technology, representing the Department of Justice’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. In 2006 he was hired by the Department of Justice as the Chief Faculty Member for the President’s Initiative on DNA’s Training for Officers of the Court.
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