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Is County Local Government

Boolean or code flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a county local government within the vendor business type hierarchy. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met, while 1 or an equivalent coded value would indicate that it is.

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__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCountyLocalGovernment
Title
Is County Local Government
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isCountyLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean or code flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a county local government within the vendor business type hierarchy. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met, while 1 or an equivalent coded value would indicate that it is.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts isolate awards involving county-level governmental entities, which is important for public sector spend segmentation, intergovernmental contracting analysis, and compliance reporting. It can also support distinction between county governments and other vendor classes such as state, municipal, educational, or private-sector entities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 county local government vendors
  • Segment vendor population by governmental entity type
  • Support compliance and intergovernmental procurement reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Treating 0 as missing rather than as an explicit negative condition
  • Assuming the flag alone captures all local government types

Query Guidance

Use explicit equality tests against the encoded true value after confirming the domain, for example WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCountyLocalGovernment = 1. For mixed or ambiguous data, pair this flag with related vendor business type fields and validate against observed values before aggregating.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCountyLocalGovernment AS is_county_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCountyLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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