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Is Local Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor entity identified in the IDV record is a local government. It represents a specific business type classification under vendor site details rather than a free-text description.

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__isLocalGovernment
Title
Is Local Government
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor entity identified in the IDV record is a local government. It represents a specific business type classification under vendor site details rather than a free-text description.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards by recipient type and distinguish local government vendors from other public-sector, nonprofit, or commercial entities. It is useful for compliance checks, recipient profiling, and reporting on how federal obligations are distributed across local government suppliers.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 IDVs awarded to local government vendors
  • Profile vendor mix by public-sector entity type
  • Support compliance and socio-organizational reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the dataset's coding convention
  • Using this field as the sole indicator of recipient ownership or legal status

Query Guidance

Use it in WHERE clauses only after confirming the stored representation, for example `= 1`, `= 'Y'`, or the equivalent local-government code in your extract. If records are sparsely populated, combine it with related vendor business-type fields and test for nulls explicitly.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isLocalGovernment AS is_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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