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Is Federal Government Agency

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor entity is a federal government agency at the vendor site level. It records the agency status of the vendor organization associated with the award record.

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__isFederalGovernmentAgency
Title
Is Federal Government Agency
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/federalGovernment/isFederalGovernmentAgency
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor entity is a federal government agency at the vendor site level. It records the agency status of the vendor organization associated with the award record.
Business Meaning
This field helps distinguish federal agencies from other vendors when analyzing award activity, competition, and obligations to government entities. It is important for identifying intergovernmental transactions, excluding non-commercial entities from vendor counts, and segmenting procurement by recipient type.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Exclude federal agencies from commercial vendor universe analyses
  • Identify awards made to other federal entities
  • Segment vendor records by government vs non-government recipient type

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a 0 value means missing instead of false/not classified as a federal agency
  • Using this field alone to determine vendor type without checking related vendor business type indicators

Query Guidance

Filter explicitly on the stored code or boolean equivalent, for example WHERE isFederalGovernmentAgency IN (1, '1', 'Y', 'true'). If the source uses mixed encodings, inspect distinct values first and normalize them before aggregating or joining.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederalGovernmentAgency AS is_federal_government_agency
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederalGovernmentAgency IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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