Evidence-backed facts
- U.S. General Services Administration documents federal lodging and meals-and-incidental-expense rates by location and fiscal year. informative
- Requests use a data.gov API key that must remain secret; access does not grant travel authorization, reimbursement, accounting, or GSA policy authority. informative
- Clients must bind fiscal year, city, state, ZIP code, rate type, endpoint, and returned effective periods. informative
- Published rates require policy and trip context and do not prove traveler eligibility, allowable expense, payment, or the rate applicable to every location. informative