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Is Labor Surplus Area Firm

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a labor surplus area firm in the award record's vendor site details. It marks the presence of this socioeconomic/business classification for the vendor associated with the award.

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__isLaborSurplusAreaFirm
Title
Is Labor Surplus Area Firm
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/isLaborSurplusAreaFirm
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a labor surplus area firm in the award record's vendor site details. It marks the presence of this socioeconomic/business classification for the vendor associated with the award.
Business Meaning
This flag supports analysis of awards to firms located in designated labor surplus areas, which can be relevant for socioeconomic policy review, supplier diversity reporting, and compliance monitoring. It helps analysts segment obligations and assess use of location-based preference or qualification categories.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 vendors classified as labor surplus area firms
  • Aggregate spend or count awards by labor surplus area status
  • Support compliance or socioeconomic category reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the flag as the vendor's physical location rather than a classification status
  • Treating null, blank, and false as equivalent without checking the dataset's coding rules

Query Guidance

Use the field in WHERE clauses as a boolean/coded filter, e.g., = 1 or = 'true' depending on the extract. If the feed stores coded values, inspect distinct values first and normalize them before aggregation; when joining or grouping, preserve nulls separately from explicit non-matches.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isLaborSurplusAreaFirm AS is_labor_surplus_area_firm
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isLaborSurplusAreaFirm IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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