After facing a workforce shortage for months, Iowa has awarded an emergency $2.3 million contact-tracing contract to a company owned by a Republican Party insider
IOWA CITY, Iowa — After facing a workforce shortage for months, Iowa awarded an emergency $2.3 million contact-tracing contract to a company that has worked for the campaigns of President Donald Trump and Gov. Kim Reynolds and is owned by a Republican insider.
The Iowa Department of Public Health selected Iowa City-based MCI for the two-month contract out of 14 applicants, saying it submitted the best proposal and that its political connections were not considered.
The company is expected to supply 200 contact-tracers to supplement the hundreds of public health workers who have failed to keep up with Iowa’s fast-growing virus caseload. The first 60 graduated training and were beginning state…
— to abcnews.go.com
