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Is Planning Commission

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a planning commission government entity. It captures the presence of that specific government-entity type at the vendor site level 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__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isPlanningCommission
Title
Is Planning Commission
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isPlanningCommission
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a planning commission government entity. It captures the presence of that specific government-entity type at the vendor site level in the award record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards made to planning commissions and segment vendors by government entity type. It is useful for compliance checks, recipient profiling, and reporting on awards to subnational or special-purpose public entities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 planning commission vendors
  • Segment recipient counts by government entity type
  • Support compliance and public-entity reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag is always strictly boolean when coded values may vary by extract
  • Using it to describe the entire vendor without checking the specific vendor site record

Query Guidance

Filter explicitly on the observed indicator value used in your extract, for example WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isPlanningCommission = 1 (or the equivalent true code). If the dataset stores text codes, verify the domain values first and include any paired description field when grouping or validating results.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isPlanningCommission AS is_planning_commission
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isPlanningCommission IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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