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Is Local Government Owned

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is owned by a local government entity. It identifies the vendor's ownership classification within vendor business type details at the award level.

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__isLocalGovernmentOwned
Title
Is Local Government Owned
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isLocalGovernmentOwned
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is owned by a local government entity. It identifies the vendor's ownership classification within vendor business type details at the award level.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards flowing to local government-owned vendors, which is useful for ownership-based segmentation, socioeconomic and intergovernmental spend analysis, and compliance reviews. It can also support market characterization when separating public-sector-owned vendors from private entities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 local government-owned vendors
  • Segment vendor spend by ownership type
  • Support compliance and reporting analyses involving public-sector vendors

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field is a text description rather than a coded flag
  • Treating null or missing values as false without checking source-system conventions

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to isolate local government-owned vendors, and normalize coded values before counting or summing. For example, map the observed true value(s) to a single standard indicator, then group by that indicator for analysis.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isLocalGovernmentOwned AS is_local_government_owned
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isLocalGovernmentOwned IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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