Department of the Interior · FinOps Profile

Department Of The Interior Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Department of the Interior public APIs: zero-cost public data services, funded through congressional appropriations rather than per-call billing. FinOps practice for consumers centers on operational cost (egress, caching, downstream storage) rather than provider invoice cost.

Department Of The Interior Finops is the FinOps profile for Department of the Interior on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 2 billable meters, billed in USD, on a n/a cycle, and pricing category free / public data.

The profile maps 9 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Federal Government, Public Lands, Open Data, Geospatial, and FinOps.

Category: Federal Government / Public Open Data Pricing: Free / Public Data Billing: N/A FOCUS v1.3
Federal GovernmentPublic LandsOpen DataGeospatialFinOpsFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

Usage

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
N/A (no invoice issued)
PricingCategory
Free
PricingUnit
request
ProviderName
U.S. Department of the Interior
PublisherName
U.S. Department of the Interior
ServiceCategory
Federal Government / Public Open Data
ServiceName
DOI Public APIs

Meters

api_requests
Unit: request
Public API requests (consumer-side count)
data_egress
Unit: GB
Bytes downloaded from DOI / USGS / NPS endpoints (consumer-side metric)

Sources