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Is Federal Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a federal government entity. It is a condition field under vendor business types and is used to identify vendor records that meet the federal government criterion. The value may appear as a binary indicator or a coded representation depending on the FPDS extract.

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__federalGovernment__isFederalGovernment
Title
Is Federal Government
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/federalGovernment/isFederalGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a federal government entity. It is a condition field under vendor business types and is used to identify vendor records that meet the federal government criterion. The value may appear as a binary indicator or a coded representation depending on the FPDS extract.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts separate federal government vendors from commercial, nonprofit, and other non-federal entities when assessing award distribution, vendor composition, and intergovernmental procurement activity. It is useful for compliance reviews, spend segmentation, and identifying awards made to other government organizations rather than private-sector suppliers.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 made to federal government entities
  • Segment vendor population by entity type
  • Support compliance and interagency spend analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the flag as an award attribute instead of a vendor-site classification
  • Assuming all non-1 values mean false without checking null, blank, or coded representations

Query Guidance

Use explicit boolean logic against the documented true value and include null handling. For example, `WHERE isFederalGovernment = 1` for true records, or `WHERE COALESCE(isFederalGovernment, 0) = 1` when missing values should be treated as false. If the extract uses coded strings, inspect distinct values first and join to any description field if available.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederalGovernment AS is_federal_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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