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Is International Organization

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as an international organization. It captures the business type status recorded in the vendor site details section of the IDV hierarchy.

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__businessOrOrganizationType__isInternationalOrganization
Title
Is International Organization
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isInternationalOrganization
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as an international organization. It captures the business type status recorded in the vendor site details section of the IDV hierarchy.
Business Meaning
This matters when analysts need to separate international organizations from domestic vendors for compliance checks, spend segmentation, eligibility review, and reporting on awards made to nontraditional or intergovernmental entities. It can affect how vendor populations are counted in analyses of contracting patterns, exemption handling, and organizational type mix.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 vendor records to international organizations
  • Segment award counts and obligations by vendor organizational type
  • Support compliance or exception reviews involving non-domestic entities

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field is a free-text description rather than a flag/code
  • Counting missing values as false without validating the source encoding

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter explicitly on the values used in your extract for true status, and map the field to a standardized boolean before aggregation. If the column is encoded, inspect distinct values first and, when available, join or coalesce with the paired human-readable description to avoid misclassification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isInternationalOrganization AS is_international_organization
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isInternationalOrganization IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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