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Is Municipality Local Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s local government entity is a municipality. It identifies records where the vendor site is classified as a municipal local government rather than another type of local government.

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__isMunicipalityLocalGovernment
Title
Is Municipality Local Government
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isMunicipalityLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s local government entity is a municipality. It identifies records where the vendor site is classified as a municipal local government rather than another type of local government.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards to municipal governments versus other public-sector vendor types. It is useful for reporting on intergovernmental procurement, local public entity participation, and compliance or policy analyses that distinguish municipalities from counties, special districts, or other local government entities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 involving municipal local government vendors
  • Segment vendor population by local government subtype
  • Support compliance or public-sector participation reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming any local government vendor is a municipality
  • Treating the flag as a vendor name or descriptive text field

Query Guidance

Use explicit equality tests on the observed code values, for example WHERE isMunicipalityLocalGovernment = 1 or = 'Y' depending on the dataset encoding. If the field is nullable or coded, confirm the actual stored values and join to any companion description field only if needed for display.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isMunicipalityLocalGovernment AS is_municipality_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isMunicipalityLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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