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Is International Organization

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor entity is an international organization on the FPDS award record. It is a vendor business-type attribute stored under vendor site details and reflects the system's classification for that organization category.

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__businessOrOrganizationType__isInternationalOrganization
Title
Is International Organization
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isInternationalOrganization
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor entity is an international organization on the FPDS award record. It is a vendor business-type attribute stored under vendor site details and reflects the system's classification for that organization category.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving international organizations, which may have distinct reporting, eligibility, funding, or compliance implications. It is useful for segmenting vendor populations and separating international-organization recipients from domestic firms, nonprofits, and other entity types.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 international organizations
  • Segment vendor counts by organization type
  • Support compliance and exception analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Confusing this vendor-type flag with country of performance or vendor location
  • Assuming numeric values have the same meaning across all extracts without checking the code convention

Query Guidance

Use it in WHERE clauses to isolate or exclude international organizations, for example by filtering to the affirmative code or true value observed in your table. When aggregating, group by this field only after confirming whether null, 0, and false are distinct in your extract; pair it with the broader business-type fields if you need complete vendor classification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isInternationalOrganization AS is_international_organization
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isInternationalOrganization IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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