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Is School District Local Government

Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor entity is identified as a school district local government in the award record’s vendor business type details. A value such as 1/true means the vendor falls into this specific local government subtype; 0/false means it does not. This is a coded indicator, so analysts should use the observed values in the data rather than assuming free-text meaning.

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__isSchoolDistrictLocalGovernment
Title
Is School District Local Government
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isSchoolDistrictLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor entity is identified as a school district local government in the award record’s vendor business type details. A value such as 1/true means the vendor falls into this specific local government subtype; 0/false means it does not. This is a coded indicator, so analysts should use the observed values in the data rather than assuming free-text meaning.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards to school district local governments, which are a specific public-sector vendor class. It is useful for assessing spending with educational local governments, analyzing state and local government vendor participation, and supporting compliance or reporting workflows that distinguish subtypes of governmental recipients.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 school district local government vendors
  • Measure procurement spend with local educational government entities
  • Support vendor-type segmentation and compliance reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 means the vendor is not a government entity at all
  • Using the field without checking how null or blank values are encoded

Query Guidance

Use this field as a boolean predicate in WHERE clauses, for example to isolate school district local government vendors with `= 1` or the dataset’s true equivalent. When aggregating, group by this flag only if you want a binary split; otherwise pair it with higher-level vendor business type fields to avoid overgeneralizing from a single subtype indicator.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isSchoolDistrictLocalGovernment AS is_school_district_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isSchoolDistrictLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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