Work-related expenses

I worked for the U.S. Census last year as a Census Field Supervisor. Toward the end, they wanted me to be creative to find get the information we needed. I paid to access a county assessor to get homeowner contact info and whitepages.com for phone numbers. However, the Census was not willing to reimburse me. When I put the expenses into TT, it says maybe I can claim this money on my state taxes. ???? It was a federal job. 

 

Anyway I can recoup this money? It was $140!😖

 

Stephanie