I am a contract employee for a federal agency. I work through a staffing agency. Can I deduct my agency fee as fees to an agent? Am I also considered a fee-based government worker?

[Lisa995]

So you receive a 1099MISC for the work you do?   

A fee-based public official is an individual who receives and retains remuneration directly from the public. An individual who receives payment for services from government funds in the form of a wage or salary is not a fee-based public official, even if the compensation is called a fee.

[mjordanjr]

I receive a W2 from the staffing agency, but there is a specific fund at the government agency that pays the agency for my services.

[Lisa995]

If youre an employee with a W2, youre not a fee based government official.  

Any unreimbursed employee expenses would be included as part of misc itemized deductions, they would need to exceed 2% of your adjusted gross income before they would begin to count toward the itemized deductions total.