Dania Powers

Dania Powers serves as a primary procurement lead at the Federal Communications Commission, playing a critical role in advancing the agency’s mission to modernize national communications infrastructure and ensure equitable access to broadband and digital services. She manages a diverse portfolio of professional and technical service acquisitions, overseeing contracts that support regulatory compliance, network security, spectrum management, and software development initiatives. Her work directly enables the FCC’s technical operations and policy implementation, ensuring that contracted services align with federal standards for reliability, interoperability, and cybersecurity. She typically handles complex, non-severable service contracts requiring specialized expertise in telecommunications systems and digital infrastructure. Powers collaborates with a broad spectrum of vendors, including professional services firms, software publishers, and operational support providers. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with firms possessing deep domain knowledge in communications technology, regulatory analytics, and IT modernization. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for performance-based, outcome-driven agreements that emphasize deliverables over inputs, fostering accountability and innovation among vendors. Powers does not utilize any socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of her acquisitions awarded on an open, unrestricted basis. This reflects a strategic focus on technical capability and mission alignment over socioeconomic preferences, though it does not diminish her commitment to fair and transparent competition. Her approach prioritizes merit-based selection, ensuring the FCC secures the highest-quality expertise available in the marketplace. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services) and 513210 (Software Publishers), with additional support for janitorial services under 561720. She routinely procures cybersecurity consulting, regulatory compliance automation, network modeling tools, and custom software solutions tailored to FCC’s rulemaking and enforcement functions. Her technical expertise lies in communications systems, spectrum allocation technologies, and digital platform integration, making her a key driver of the agency’s digital transformation efforts.