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Is Transit Authority

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor site is identified as a transit authority in the award record. It represents the government-entity type classification stored under the vendor's site details.

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__isTransitAuthority
Title
Is Transit Authority
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isTransitAuthority
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor site is identified as a transit authority in the award record. It represents the government-entity type classification stored under the vendor's site details.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards made to transit authorities, which can support market segmentation, funding oversight, and compliance reviews tied to transportation-related recipients. It is useful for isolating public transit entities from other government or quasi-government vendors.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 transit authority recipients
  • Segment vendor populations by government entity type
  • Support compliance or program-specific recipient analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field captures all transportation-related vendors rather than only transit authorities
  • Grouping on the raw coded value without checking how nulls and alternate encodings are represented

Query Guidance

Use this field as a WHERE filter or CASE flag in SQL, e.g., `WHERE isTransitAuthority IN (1, '1', 'Y', 'true')` after confirming the encoded values in your source. If the extract includes nulls or multiple code formats, normalize to a standard boolean before aggregating.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isTransitAuthority AS is_transit_authority
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isTransitAuthority IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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