# Federal Communications Commission

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/federal-communications-commission/  
**Website:** https://www.fcc.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in the United States. The FCC exposes public APIs including the Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) and the FCC Open Data portal.

## Kin Score — 28.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 28.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 52.4 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 22.2 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 34.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (4)

- **Federal Communications Commission Datasets API** — Dataset catalog and resources
- **Federal Communications Commission Filings API** — The Filings API from Federal Communications Commission — 1 operation(s) for filings.
- **Federal Communications Commission Pirate Radio API** — Pirate Radio Broadcasting Database
- **Federal Communications Commission Proceedings API** — The Proceedings API from Federal Communications Commission — 1 operation(s) for proceedings.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Federal Communications Commission Agentic Access** — 4 operations

## Security (2)

- **Federal Communications Commission Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Federal Communications Commission Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Federal Communications Commission Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Communications, Federal-Government, Open Data

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/federal-communications-commission/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.