specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
provider: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
providerId: centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention
publisherName: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
serviceCategory: API
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-04'
tags:
  - CDC
  - Environmental Health
  - Epidemiology
  - Federal Government
  - Healthcare
  - Open Data
  - Public Health
  - Socrata
  - Surveillance
  - WONDER
  - FinOps
  - Cost Management
  - FOCUS
description: FinOps framework definition for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention API surface.
  Provides a FOCUS-aligned mapping for cost allocation, usage measurement, and unit-economics reporting
  across the provider's APIs.
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Make API consumption costs visible to engineering, product, and finance teams in near
      real-time.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Tag every chargeable API call with the consuming team, environment, application, and
      feature so cost can be allocated.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Continuously evaluate request patterns, caching, batching, and tier selection to reduce
      cost per useful unit of work.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Establish budget owners and chargeback or showback flows for each consuming team.
domains:
  - name: Understand Usage and Cost
    capabilities:
      - Data Ingestion
      - Allocation
      - Reporting and Analytics
      - Anomaly Management
  - name: Quantify Business Value
    capabilities:
      - Planning and Estimating
      - Forecasting
      - Budgeting
      - Benchmarking
      - Unit Economics
  - name: Optimize Usage and Cost
    capabilities:
      - Architecting for Cloud
      - Rate Optimization
      - Workload Optimization
      - Cloud Sustainability
      - Licensing and SaaS
  - name: Manage the FinOps Practice
    capabilities:
      - FinOps Practice Operations
      - FinOps Education and Enablement
      - Invoicing and Chargeback
      - Onboarding Workloads
      - Intersecting Disciplines
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Usage
    - Purchase
    - Tax
    - Credit
    - Adjustment
  chargeFrequency: Recurring
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  ServiceCategory: Developer Tools / API
  ProviderName: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  PublisherName: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  InvoiceIssuerName: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  PricingCategory: Usage-Based
  PricingUnit: request
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Usage
meters:
  - name: api_requests
    description: Count of billable API requests
    unit: request
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - api
      - endpoint
      - tier
      - region
      - consumer
  - name: data_egress
    description: Bytes returned over the network in API responses
    unit: GB
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - api
      - region
      - consumer
  - name: compute_seconds
    description: Server-side compute consumed by the request, where applicable
    unit: second
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - api
      - endpoint
      - tier
apis:
  - name: CDC Socrata Open Data API (data.cdc.gov)
    baseURL: https://data.cdc.gov/resource/
    tags:
      - Chronic Disease
      - COVID-19
      - Datasets
      - Open Data
      - SODA
      - Socrata
      - Surveillance
    serviceName: CDC Socrata Open Data API (data.cdc.gov)
    serviceCategory: API
  - name: CDC WONDER API
    baseURL: https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/datarequest/
    tags:
      - Cancer
      - Mortality
      - Natality
      - Query Database
      - Statistics
    serviceName: CDC WONDER API
    serviceCategory: API
  - name: CDC PLACES / 500 Cities API
    baseURL: https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/resource/
    tags:
      - BRFSS
      - Census Tract
      - Chronic Disease
      - Health Indicators
      - Small Area Estimation
    serviceName: CDC PLACES / 500 Cities API
    serviceCategory: API
  - name: CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network API
    baseURL: https://ephtracking.cdc.gov:443/apigateway/api/v1
    tags:
      - Air Quality
      - Environmental Health
      - Exposure
      - GIS
      - Water Quality
    serviceName: CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network API
    serviceCategory: API
  - name: CDC Public Health Media Library (Content Syndication)
    baseURL: ''
    tags:
      - Content Syndication
      - Health Content
      - Media
      - Multimedia
    serviceName: CDC Public Health Media Library (Content Syndication)
    serviceCategory: API
  - name: CDC Open Technology API Index
    baseURL: ''
    tags:
      - Developer Portal
      - Directory
      - Open Technology
    serviceName: CDC Open Technology API Index
    serviceCategory: API
  - name: CDC NNDSS / MMWR Socrata Data
    baseURL: ''
    tags:
      - MMWR
      - NNDSS
      - Notifiable Disease
      - Surveillance
    serviceName: CDC NNDSS / MMWR Socrata Data
    serviceCategory: API
unitEconomics:
  - name: Cost per 1K Requests
    metric: billed_cost / (api_requests / 1000)
    target: TBD
  - name: Cost per Active Consumer
    metric: billed_cost / active_consumers
    target: TBD
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com