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Is Council of Governments

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s type of government entity is a council of governments. It is a classification attribute stored within vendor site details for the award record, not a measure of award value or performance.

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__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isCouncilOfGovernments
Title
Is Council of Governments
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isCouncilOfGovernments
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s type of government entity is a council of governments. It is a classification attribute stored within vendor site details for the award record, not a measure of award value or performance.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards made to a specific form of intergovernmental entity and segment procurement activity involving regional or multi-jurisdictional government organizations. It is useful for compliance checks, vendor classification analysis, and reporting on awards to government-linked entities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 to councils of governments
  • Segment vendor population by government-entity type
  • Support compliance or exception reporting for intergovernmental awards

Common Mistakes

  • Using the field as a proxy for award size or funding impact
  • Assuming every falsey value means the same thing without checking null versus explicit no/code values

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to isolate records where the flag indicates council of governments, but verify the exact stored representation in your dataset (for example, 1/0, Y/N, or another code). In SQL, explicitly handle nulls and, when needed, combine it with related entity-type fields to avoid misclassification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isCouncilOfGovernments AS is_council_of_governments
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isCouncilOfGovernments IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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