Frequently Asked Questions: General Questions

We make numerous changes to the FedSmith.com web site throughout the day. We are closed on all Federal holidays. We often update the site on weekends depending on the weather, biking and shopping schedules and social lives (or lack thereof) of our webmaster and our editor.

Spam is a persistent and increasing problem on the Internet and also on the FedSmith.com site. We have to include the verification code on the forms to ensure that messages transmitted to us through these forms are legitimate and not being automatically generated by a spammer.

Yes, we enourage agencies to make it easy for all employees to view the news items on our site. We do not charge for an organization to set up these links. Set up your link to go directly to http://www.fedsmith.com.

No, FedSmith.com is a private company. The news items are provided free-of-charge as a public service by FedSmith.com to anyone who wants to read the information on our site.

FedSmith.com is a news and information portal designed to make it quick and easy for readers to find information about the Federal community and issues impacting Federal employees. The site is updated each work day with the latest news items we think you will find to be of interest.

We recommend Mozilla Firefox as this browser is generally more standards compliant than others. However, any current version web browser that supports common web standards should work fine.

FedSmith has a small staff. Many personal questions require considerable research time as well as considerable time and effort to gather all the information necessary to provide an accurate, comprehensive answer. We do not have the resources necessary to provide answers to individual questions submitted to us by readers. For most of these issues, you will need to contact your servicing personnel office for assistance.