Emily Etter

Emily Etter serves as a key procurement specialist within the Telecommunications Division (HC1013) of the Defense Information Systems Agency, supporting the secure modernization and operational sustainment of the Department of Defense’s global communications infrastructure. She manages a portfolio of acquisitions focused on wired telecommunications services, network resourcing, and secure virtual private network solutions, ensuring resilient, high-capacity connectivity for military and federal operations. Her role is critical to executing DISA’s mission of enhancing interoperability and transitioning legacy telecom systems to next-generation, standards-compliant architectures. Etter maintains established working relationships with core contractors including AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc., Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Liberty Communications, Inc., AOC Connect LLC, and Norfolk Fiber, LLC. These partnerships center on the delivery of carrier-grade telecom services, fiber-optic network deployment, and managed telecommunications solutions. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, performance-based contracting, and compliance with DoD cybersecurity and network resilience standards, ensuring service continuity across tactical and strategic environments. Her contracting activity reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 69.4% of awards issued without set-asides, while maintaining a consistent 30.6% allocation to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This balance demonstrates a deliberate commitment to fostering small business participation without compromising mission-critical performance or scalability requirements. Etter’s procurement focus is overwhelmingly concentrated in NAICS 517111 (Wired Telecommunications Carriers), reflecting her specialization in procuring terrestrial and submarine fiber networks, circuit-switched and IP-based transport services, and backbone infrastructure. She also regularly engages NAICS 517121 (Telecommunications Resellers) to acquire managed bandwidth, leased lines, and integrated telecom services that support distributed command, control, and communications systems across the DoD enterprise.