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Is State Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a state government entity in the IDV vendor business type data. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met, while a nonzero or alternate coded value may indicate it is met, depending on the dataset encoding.

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__isStateGovernment
Title
Is State Government
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/isStateGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a state government entity in the IDV vendor business type data. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met, while a nonzero or alternate coded value may indicate it is met, depending on the dataset encoding.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards and vendor relationships involving state government organizations, which is important for market segmentation, intergovernmental contracting analysis, and compliance reviews. It can also support separation of public-sector vendors from private-sector and nonprofit entities when profiling supplier bases.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Identify awards to state government vendor sites
  • Segment vendor universe by public-sector ownership type
  • Filter out or isolate government-to-government activity

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field describes the legal entity of the prime awardee rather than the vendor site classification
  • Treating all nonzero values as equivalent without checking the dataset's coding scheme

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses or CASE expressions to isolate state government vendor sites, for example filtering to the affirmative code after confirming the stored value convention. If the value is coded, join or inspect any companion description field and validate distinct values before aggregating.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isStateGovernment AS is_state_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isStateGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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