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 contract out of 14 applicants, saying it submitted the best proposal and that political considerations did not play a role.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.