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Is Federal Government Agency

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a federal government agency. It captures the business type classification at the vendor-site level within the IDV 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__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederalGovernmentAgency
Title
Is Federal Government Agency
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/federalGovernment/isFederalGovernmentAgency
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a federal government agency. It captures the business type classification at the vendor-site level within the IDV record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish awards associated with government entities from those associated with commercial or non-federal vendors. It is useful for market segmentation, spend analysis, and compliance reviews where transactions involving federal agencies should be separated from private-sector suppliers.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Exclude federal agencies from commercial vendor counts
  • Segment vendor populations by ownership or entity type
  • Support compliance and reporting checks on entity classification

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field indicates award recipient status rather than vendor-site business type
  • Filtering without checking whether the stored values are true/false, 1/0, or another coded representation

Query Guidance

Use this field as a filter or grouping attribute in WHERE and CASE logic, for example to isolate records where the value indicates a federal agency. If the dataset stores coded values, inspect the raw distinct values first and map them explicitly before analysis.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederalGovernmentAgency AS is_federal_government_agency
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederalGovernmentAgency IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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