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National Technical Information Service

The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) is a government agency that serves as the largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information, collecting, archiving, and disseminating data and reports on energy, aerospace, health, and environmental topics.

National Technical Information Service publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Federal Government, Information, and Technical.

National Technical Information Service’s developer surface includes developer portal and 3 more developer resources.

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18.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
Federal GovernmentInformationTechnical

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 18.7/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

National Technical Information Service

The NTIS National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) offers online, free and open access to authenticated government technical reports and documents.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

National Technical Information Service Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

National Technical Information Service Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

National Technical Information Service Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

National Technical Information Service Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: national-technical-information-service
name: National Technical Information Service
description: The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) is a government agency that serves as the largest central resource
  for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information, collecting, archiving, and disseminating
  data and reports on energy, aerospace, health, and environmental topics.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/national-technical-information-service.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/national-technical-information-service/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Federal Government
- Information
- Technical
apis:
- aid: national-technical-information-service:national-technical-information-service
  name: National Technical Information Service
  tags:
  - Information
  - Technical
  humanURL: https://ntrl.ntis.gov/
  properties:
  - url: https://ntrl.ntis.gov/
    type: Documentation
  description: The NTIS National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) offers online, free and open access to authenticated government
    technical reports and documents.
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/national-technical-information-service-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-technical-information-service
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ntis.gov/
- type: Portal
  url: https://ntrl.ntis.gov/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com