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The Day - Extension likely on no-bid $250K contract for COVID communications with politically connected PR firm

Published February 26. 2021 10:44AM Jon Lender, The Hartford Courant Right up to the last moment, the Lamont administration has been conspicuously quiet about whether it will extend the controversial $250,000, no-bid contract it entered Dec. 1 with the public relations firm of ex-TV news reporter Duby McDowell to handle COVID-related communications for the Department of Health (DPH). But finally on Thursday, just days three days before Sunday’s expiration of the $83,000-a-month agreement, DPH’s acting communications director, David Dearborn, confirmed that arrangements are underway toward extending the contract with McDowell Communications Group. Still, he said, he didn’t know how much longer it would continue, or for how much more money.

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Jon Lender: Extension likely on no-bid $250K contract for COVID communications with politically connected PR firm, but Lamont administration mum on details

Jon Lender: Extension likely on no-bid $250K contract for COVID communications with politically connected PR firm, but Lamont administration mum on details
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Jon Lender: Questions raised by Lamont administration s $250K no-bid contract with politically connected PR firm to handle COVID information

Sometimes a government announcement raises at least as many questions as it answers. That’s what happened last week when the Lamont Administration announced it has entered a three-month, no-bid contract paying $250,000 to a public-relations firm headed by Duby McDowell a former TV reporter with Democratic political ties who now co-hosts WFSB, Channel 3′s, Sunday Face the State program to take the lead on news and communications about the COVID-19 pandemic for the state Department of Public Health.

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$250,000 for 3 months work for Connecticut COVID communications team as part of $5 million overall effort

$250,000 for 3 months work for Connecticut COVID communications team as part of $5 million overall effort
courant.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courant.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

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State pays $250,000 for 3-month COVID communications contract

State pays $250,000 for 3-month COVID communications contract
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