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Is Municipality Local Government

Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor's local government type is a municipality. It is a subfield under vendor business type details and is used to identify vendors classified as municipal local governments in 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__isMunicipalityLocalGovernment
Title
Is Municipality Local Government
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isMunicipalityLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor's local government type is a municipality. It is a subfield under vendor business type details and is used to identify vendors classified as municipal local governments in the award record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards made to municipal entities versus other local government forms, which is useful for public sector market analysis, award composition reviews, and compliance or set-aside reporting. It can also support tracking how federal obligations flow to local government recipients.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 municipal local government vendors
  • Segment recipient mix within local government awards
  • Support compliance and recipient-type reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a 0 value means the vendor is not a local government at all
  • Using this field alone to classify all local government recipients without checking related business type fields

Query Guidance

Use explicit boolean or numeric comparisons based on observed values in the dataset, for example WHERE isMunicipalityLocalGovernment = 1. Combine with other vendor business type flags if you need a complete local government classification, and include null handling in filters when comparing award populations.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isMunicipalityLocalGovernment AS is_municipality_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isMunicipalityLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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