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Is Alaskan Native Servicing Institution

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as an Alaskan Native Servicing Institution. It is a vendor site attribute recorded under the award’s vendor site details and may appear as a binary value or a code rather than free text.

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution
Title
Is Alaskan Native Servicing Institution
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as an Alaskan Native Servicing Institution. It is a vendor site attribute recorded under the award’s vendor site details and may appear as a binary value or a code rather than free text.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of awards involving entities tied to Alaskan Native-serving educational institutions, which can matter for socioeconomic reporting, set-aside oversight, market research, and program integrity reviews. It helps analysts segment awards by institution type when evaluating participation in specialized federal acquisition programs.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution
FPDS XML Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Filter awards associated with Alaskan Native Servicing Institutions
  • Count or trend participation by institution type
  • Support compliance and socioeconomic program analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming null, 0, and false all mean the same without checking source encoding
  • Using the flag as proof of eligibility beyond the reported FPDS record

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses only after confirming its stored encoding, for example by testing for true/false, 1/0, or the dataset’s coded equivalent. When aggregating, standardize the flag into a single binary interpretation and, if available, join to any companion description field for validation.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution AS is_alaskan_native_servicing_institution
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.