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Is State Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a state government entity in the award record's vendor business type details. A value of 1 or equivalent typically means the vendor site meets the state government condition; 0 means it does not.

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__isStateGovernment
Title
Is State Government
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/isStateGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a state government entity in the award record's vendor business type details. A value of 1 or equivalent typically means the vendor site meets the state government condition; 0 means it does not.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards made to state government vendors, which is important for market segmentation, intergovernmental purchasing analysis, and compliance reporting. It can also support reviews of how federal obligations are distributed across public-sector versus private-sector recipients.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 state government vendors
  • Segment obligations by recipient sector
  • Support compliance and public-sector procurement reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag describes the vendor overall rather than the specific vendor site record
  • Treating null or absent values as false without confirming the dataset's encoding

Query Guidance

Use the field as a boolean filter after confirming the stored encoding, for example WHERE isStateGovernment IN (1, '1', true). If the data model contains separate coded descriptions, inspect the paired value set and do not rely on text labels alone when building joins or filters.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isStateGovernment AS is_state_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isStateGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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