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Is Foreign Government

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor entity recorded on the award is a foreign government. It captures the vendor business type classification at the vendor site level, rather than a narrative description.

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__isForeignGovernment
Title
Is Foreign Government
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/isForeignGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor entity recorded on the award is a foreign government. It captures the vendor business type classification at the vendor site level, rather than a narrative description.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards associated with foreign sovereign entities, which can affect eligibility, policy treatment, reporting, and oversight. It is useful for segmentation of vendor populations, compliance reviews, and analyses involving cross-border or government-to-government procurement activity.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 isolate foreign-government vendors
  • Segment vendor populations for compliance or policy analysis
  • Cross-tabulate against award type, agency, or place of performance

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the field as the vendor's nationality rather than business type classification
  • Using the field without checking for nulls, coded values, or related vendor type fields

Query Guidance

Use it in WHERE clauses or CASE expressions to flag records where the stored value indicates foreign government status. Validate the observed encoding in your dataset first, then filter explicitly on the true/positive code and handle nulls separately to avoid conflating unknown with false.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isForeignGovernment AS is_foreign_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isForeignGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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