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Is Foreign Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a foreign government. It is a site-level business-type attribute stored under vendor business details in 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__isForeignGovernment
Title
Is Foreign Government
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/isForeignGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a foreign government. It is a site-level business-type attribute stored under vendor business details in the IDV record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards associated with foreign government entities, which can be relevant for compliance reviews, international sourcing analysis, ownership/eligibility screening, and segmentation of vendor populations by institutional type.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 or isolate foreign-government vendors in compliance analysis
  • Segment supplier base by institutional type
  • Support reporting on non-domestic or sovereign counterparties

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field means the vendor is simply non-U.S. rather than specifically a foreign government
  • Filtering without checking whether the extract uses numeric, text, or null-coded representations

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to filter on the recorded flag value after confirming the coding in your extract, for example by checking distinct values first. Join and aggregate at the vendor-site level when analyzing entity type, and avoid treating nulls as false unless your data rules explicitly define them that way.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isForeignGovernment AS is_foreign_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isForeignGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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