Alison K Edwards

Alison K. Edwards serves as a key procurement lead within the Telecommunications Division (HC1013) of the Defense Information Systems Agency, where she oversees the acquisition of critical telecommunications and information technology services essential to the Department of Defense’s global communications infrastructure. Her role centers on securing and modernizing secure, high-capacity network solutions, including virtual private networks and resilient telecom systems that support military and federal operations. She manages complex contracts for engineering, systems design, and electronic manufacturing services, ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards and interoperability requirements across distributed environments. Edwards maintains consistent partnerships with leading defense and commercial telecom providers, including AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc., AOC Connect LLC, and Norfolk Fiber, LLC, among others. These relationships reflect a preference for established vendors with proven capabilities in secure network architecture, fiber-optic deployment, and mission-critical systems integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, long-term service sustainment, and technical innovation, often requiring vendors to demonstrate compliance with NIST and DoD RMF frameworks. Her procurement portfolio reflects no set-aside preferences, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This indicates a strategic focus on technical capability and mission readiness over socioeconomic classifications, prioritizing vendor expertise and system reliability above program-specific small business targets. The majority of her acquisitions fall under NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services) and 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services), with a significant portion also under 334111 (Electronic Computer Manufacturing). She specializes in procuring secure network infrastructure, telecom hardware, and custom software-defined solutions that enable secure, scalable, and resilient command and control communications across classified and unclassified domains. Her expertise lies at the intersection of telecommunications engineering and defense IT modernization.