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Is Foreign Owned and Located

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is both foreign owned and located outside the United States. It is a vendor organization factor recorded at the award level and should be treated as a condition flag rather than a descriptive narrative.

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__vendorOrganizationFactors__isForeignOwnedAndLocated
Title
Is Foreign Owned and Located
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/isForeignOwnedAndLocated
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is both foreign owned and located outside the United States. It is a vendor organization factor recorded at the award level and should be treated as a condition flag rather than a descriptive narrative.
Business Meaning
This field supports foreign sourcing, vendor risk, and compliance analysis by identifying awards made to entities that are both owned and based abroad. It is useful for assessing exposure to foreign entities, tracking market participation, and supporting policy reviews tied to domestic preference or security considerations.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 involving foreign-owned, foreign-located vendors
  • Calculate the share of obligation dollars to foreign vendors
  • Segment procurement activity for compliance or geopolitical analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the flag as a measure of nationality of the parent company rather than the recorded vendor condition
  • Assuming null, blank, or zero all mean the same thing without checking the source coding

Query Guidance

Filter on the normalized true value in your dataset after confirming the coding scheme, for example where the flag equals 1 or 'Y'. If the field is sparsely populated, coalesce only after validating that missing values represent unknown rather than false, and join to related vendor organization factor fields only when you need broader foreign-entity context.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isForeignOwnedAndLocated AS is_foreign_owned_and_located
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__isForeignOwnedAndLocated IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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