US Department of Transportation · FinOps Profile

Dot Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps profile for the U.S. Department of Transportation public API portfolio. All DOT agency APIs (FMCSA QCMobile, FMCSA SaferBus, NHTSA vPIC, and the DOT Open Data Portal) are free public government services with no direct monetary charges to API consumers. Cost exposure is limited to internal engineering time, infrastructure for key management, and any third-party integrations built on top of the data.

Dot Finops is the FinOps profile for US Department of Transportation on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 2 billable meters, billed in N/A, on a n/a cycle, and pricing category free (government funded).

The profile maps 7 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Government, Transportation, FinOps, FOCUS, and Free.

Category: Government / Public Safety Data Pricing: Free (Government Funded) Billing: N/A FOCUS v1.3
GovernmentTransportationFinOpsFOCUSFree

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

No direct charge to API consumer

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
N/A
ChargeCategory
No Charge
InvoiceIssuerName
N/A
ProviderName
US Department of Transportation
PublisherName
US Department of Transportation
ServiceCategory
Government Data Services
ServiceName
DOT Public APIs

Meters

api_requests
Unit: requests
Total API requests made to FMCSA or NHTSA endpoints.
data_records_returned
Unit: records
Count of records/carriers returned by FMCSA queries.

Sources