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Is School District Local Government

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified as a school district local government in the vendor site’s business type hierarchy. It is a classification flag under the local government branch of vendor business types, not a narrative description of the entity.

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__isSchoolDistrictLocalGovernment
Title
Is School District Local Government
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isSchoolDistrictLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified as a school district local government in the vendor site’s business type hierarchy. It is a classification flag under the local government branch of vendor business types, not a narrative description of the entity.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish school district local government vendors from other local, state, tribal, nonprofit, or commercial entities. It is useful for measuring award patterns to education-related public bodies, assessing eligibility or set-aside targeting, and segmenting vendor populations for compliance and policy analysis.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 school district local government vendors
  • Segment vendor counts by local government subtype
  • Validate small-business or competition analyses by vendor type

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag identifies schools as recipients rather than vendors
  • Treating 0 as missing instead of a negative classification

Query Guidance

Use explicit comparisons against the observed truthy value in your table, and account for schema-specific encoding such as 1/0, Y/N, or true/false. Example pattern: WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isSchoolDistrictLocalGovernment = 1. If nulls are present, handle them separately from false values to avoid misclassification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isSchoolDistrictLocalGovernment AS is_school_district_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isSchoolDistrictLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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