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If it smells like it violates the U.S. Constitution, it probably violates the U.S. Constitution.
Shahien Nasiripour, Bloomberg | 3 years ago
Everyone is looking for a travel deal, and that includes the Pentagon, which realizes that military personnel traveling on temporary, yet extended, assignments, should be able to take advantage of lodging providers' monthly rates instead of paying by the day.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago
Airlines
The sweetheart deal between the government and Google that gave executives discounts on fuel was problematic to begin with, and this latest agreement gives the appearance that Google is just buying its way out of earlier transgressions.
Michael Liedtke, Associated Press | 8 years ago
Did Santa Fe get a raw deal on federal government per diems compared with other New Mexico cities? Regardless of that answer, the city's dilemma shows the impact that per diems make at the local level.
Kiera Hay, Albuquerque Journal | 9 years ago
Federal government jobs have great benefits, including the ability to travel for work at mind-boggling airfare discounts.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago
Business Travel
Word on the street is that Concur won a low-ball contract for federal government travel. Still a 15-year exclusive contract to handle all travel for 70 federal government civilian agencies, from the State Department to the Commerce Department, amounts to big bucks for Concur, and Carlson Wagonlit has a lot to lose by being shut out.
The GSA didn't succeed when it tried to lower per diems for government employees, but now it is asserting control over its own employees and requiring that they book hotels through the FedRooms tool.
Skift | 10 years ago
The jury is out on the details of this government agency's spending practices on conventions. Still, in the wake of the GSA brouhaha, the travel spending practices of the entire government are under the microscope.
