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Is Alaskan Native Servicing Institution

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as an Alaskan Native servicing institution in the FPDS vendor site details hierarchy. It records the presence of this specific educational-entity attribute for the vendor location associated with the award record.

Family: IDV
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__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution
Title
Is Alaskan Native Servicing Institution
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as an Alaskan Native servicing institution in the FPDS vendor site details hierarchy. It records the presence of this specific educational-entity attribute for the vendor location associated with the award record.
Business Meaning
This field supports socioeconomic, eligibility, and compliance analysis by identifying vendors that meet a specialized institutional category. Analysts may use it to segment awards, assess participation by designated entities, and support reporting tied to set-aside or policy-relevant vendor classifications.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution
FPDS XML Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution'.

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 or vendor sites associated with Alaskan Native servicing institutions
  • Support socioeconomic and vendor diversity reporting
  • Validate eligibility-related vendor classifications in procurement extracts

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field applies to the contractor organization as a whole rather than the specific vendor site record
  • Treating 0 as missing data instead of a negative or false flag

Query Guidance

Use explicit comparisons such as = 1, = 'Y', or the observed affirmative code in your dataset, and confirm the domain before writing filters. For rollups, count distinct awards or vendor sites after de-duplicating on the appropriate FPDS keys, because this flag may repeat across multiple rows for the same action history.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution AS is_alaskan_native_servicing_institution
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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