{
  "collection_id": "level-cost-controls-data",
  "title": "Level Cost Controls Data Library",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-09",
  "canonical_page": "/cost-controls/",
  "datasets": [
    {
      "dataset_id": "level-operating-cost-controls-study-2024",
      "title": "Level 2024 Operating Cost Controls Study",
      "version": "2026.09.09",
      "evidence_class": "Level historical AP research cohort",
      "canonical_page": "/cost-controls/operating-cost-benchmarks/",
      "json": "/data/cost-controls/operating-cost-controls-study-2024.json",
      "csv": "/data/cost-controls/operating-cost-controls-study-2024.csv",
      "population": {
        "year": 2024,
        "sample_unit": "source company ID",
        "eligible_source_company_ids": 652,
        "eligible_bill_headers": 1192695,
        "eligibility": {
          "periodStart": "2024-01-01",
          "periodEndExclusive": "2025-01-01",
          "snapshotRule": "Latest row per company_id and bill_id by col_updated_at",
          "deletedRows": "excluded",
          "vendorName": "required",
          "totalAmount": {
            "minimumExclusive": 0,
            "maximumInclusive": 1000000,
            "currency": "USD-assumed-unproven"
          },
          "minimumEligibleBillsPerCompanyId": 20
        },
        "identity_status": "Source company IDs were not independently deduplicated and were not verified as contractors."
      },
      "headline_finding_count": 6,
      "major_vendor_row_count": 10,
      "scope": "Aggregate 2024 bill-header patterns across eligible source company IDs plus one aggregate software-detector control observation."
    },
    {
      "dataset_id": "level-contractor-cost-intelligence-2026-09",
      "title": "Level Contractor Cost Intelligence Vendor Database",
      "version": "2026-09",
      "evidence_class": "official public vendor and program research",
      "canonical_page": "/cost-controls/software-pricing/",
      "json": "/data/cost-controls/contractor-cost-intelligence-2026-09.json",
      "scope": "Official-source pricing disclosure, billing-unit, quote-required, and purchasing-program observations. It is not proprietary customer-spend evidence."
    }
  ],
  "boundary": "The library separates aggregate Level historical AP research from official public vendor research. Raw customer records, source-company identifiers, uncommon merchants, and dominated software cells are not public."
}