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Is Inter Municipal Local Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is an intermunicipal local government. It records a specific local government classification within the vendor business type hierarchy for 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__localGovernment__isInterMunicipalLocalGovernment
Title
Is Inter Municipal Local Government
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isInterMunicipalLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is an intermunicipal local government. It records a specific local government classification within the vendor business type hierarchy for the award record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards made to a distinct subtype of local government, which is useful for public sector segmentation, recipient profiling, and compliance or intergovernmental funding analysis. It can also support reporting on how federal obligations are distributed across local government entities versus other vendor types.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 intermunicipal local government recipients
  • Segment vendor populations by local government subtype
  • Support compliance and recipient-type reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field identifies all local governments rather than only the intermunicipal subtype
  • Filtering without verifying the dataset's actual coded values

Query Guidance

Use this field as a categorical filter in WHERE clauses, for example by selecting the affirmative value or non-null coded indicator that represents 'yes'. When aggregating, group it with other vendor business type flags to avoid double-counting recipients that may satisfy multiple classifications.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isInterMunicipalLocalGovernment AS is_inter_municipal_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isInterMunicipalLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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