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Is Local Government Owned

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor entity is owned by a local government. It represents the FPDS-recorded classification at the vendor site details level, not a broader organizational attribute inferred from the contractor name or address.

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__isLocalGovernmentOwned
Title
Is Local Government Owned
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isLocalGovernmentOwned
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor entity is owned by a local government. It represents the FPDS-recorded classification at the vendor site details level, not a broader organizational attribute inferred from the contractor name or address.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving local government-owned vendors, which can be relevant for market segmentation, supplier diversity reviews, intergovernmental procurement analysis, and compliance checks tied to ownership status. It supports distinguishing local public-sector-owned entities from private firms and other ownership types in FPDS data.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 local government-owned vendors
  • Segment supplier population by ownership type
  • Validate compliance or diversity reporting by vendor ownership class

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means no without checking the code set
  • Using this field as a proxy for vendor legal structure or public purpose

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter on the stored boolean/code value only after confirming the encoding in your extract, and include null handling explicitly. Example pattern: WHERE isLocalGovernmentOwned = 1 for affirmative records, with separate logic for 0 and NULL if the feed uses coded states rather than a pure boolean.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isLocalGovernmentOwned AS is_local_government_owned
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isLocalGovernmentOwned IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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