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Is Planning Commission

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a planning commission within the vendor's type-of-government-entity classification. In FPDS, this records the presence of the specified entity type rather than a narrative 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__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isPlanningCommission
Title
Is Planning Commission
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isPlanningCommission
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a planning commission within the vendor's type-of-government-entity classification. In FPDS, this records the presence of the specified entity type rather than a narrative description.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards by the vendor's governmental status and distinguish planning commissions from other government or non-government entities. It is useful for compliance review, vendor population analysis, and identifying awards made to quasi-governmental or local planning bodies.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 planning commission vendors
  • Segment vendor populations by government-entity subtype
  • Support compliance or reporting checks on vendor classification

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a value of 0 always means false without checking the dataset's coding convention
  • Using this field alone to classify a vendor's full legal status

Query Guidance

Filter using the observed boolean/code values in your FPDS extract, for example WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isPlanningCommission = 1 or = 'Y' depending on the source encoding. If the field is nullable, explicitly handle nulls and confirm whether related description fields provide the authoritative label.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isPlanningCommission AS is_planning_commission
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isPlanningCommission IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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