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Is Council of Governments

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a council of governments in the FPDS vendor site details. A value such as 0 typically means no, while a positive or coded value indicates the condition is met.

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__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isCouncilOfGovernments
Title
Is Council of Governments
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isCouncilOfGovernments
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a council of governments in the FPDS vendor site details. A value such as 0 typically means no, while a positive or coded value indicates the condition is met.
Business Meaning
This flag helps analysts identify intergovernmental entities and separate them from private vendors, nonprofits, and other public organizations. It is useful for segmentation, compliance review, and understanding whether awards are flowing to regional or multi-jurisdictional government bodies rather than commercial suppliers.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 councils of governments
  • Segment vendor base by government entity type
  • Support compliance or intergovernmental spending analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the dataset's coding conventions
  • Using this field alone to classify vendor type without validating related entity-type fields

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses with the actual encoded values seen in your dataset, for example `= 1`, `= 'Y'`, or `= true` depending on storage type. When aggregating, group by this flag to isolate councils of governments, and pair it with related vendor type fields if you need a defensible entity classification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isCouncilOfGovernments AS is_council_of_governments
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isCouncilOfGovernments IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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