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Is City Local Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is classified as a city local government in the vendor site business type hierarchy. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met; a positive/true value indicates the vendor site is identified as a city local government.

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__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment
Title
Is City Local Government
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isCityLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is classified as a city local government in the vendor site business type hierarchy. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met; a positive/true value indicates the vendor site is identified as a city local government.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards associated with city-level public entities, which is important for public sector segmentation, intergovernmental procurement analysis, and compliance or policy reviews. It can also support reviews of vendor mix and award distribution across government entity types.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment
FPDS XML Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isCityLocalGovernment
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isCityLocalGovernment' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment'.

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 issued to city local government vendors
  • Segment vendor populations by local government subtype
  • Support compliance or reporting cuts for public-sector recipients

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the extract's coding convention
  • Using this field as a general vendor type without confirming it is specific to city local government

Query Guidance

Use explicit comparisons appropriate to the dataset's coding, such as = 1, = 'Y', or = true after verifying the stored representation. When joining or aggregating, treat nulls separately from false values to avoid misclassifying unknown vendor site classifications.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment AS is_city_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment 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.