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Is Transit Authority

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a transit authority. It represents the typeOfGovernmentEntity attribute at the vendor site level in the IDV record. If coded values are present, use the observed value set to confirm whether the field is stored as a true/false indicator or a short code.

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__isTransitAuthority
Title
Is Transit Authority
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isTransitAuthority
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a transit authority. It represents the typeOfGovernmentEntity attribute at the vendor site level in the IDV record. If coded values are present, use the observed value set to confirm whether the field is stored as a true/false indicator or a short code.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards and vendors by public transit-related entities, which can matter for market characterization, socio-economic review, and compliance analysis. It is useful when assessing whether an IDV is associated with transportation authorities versus other government or quasi-government organizations.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 IDVs associated with transit authorities
  • Segment vendor base by government entity type
  • Support compliance and entity-type reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the flag as a vendor industry code rather than a government-entity attribute
  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the dataset encoding

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to isolate transit-authority sites, and verify whether the stored values are boolean, numeric, or coded text before comparing. Example patterns include `WHERE isTransitAuthority = 1` or `WHERE isTransitAuthority = 'Y'`, depending on the extract; inspect distinct values first and apply the filter at the vendor-site level to avoid misclassification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isTransitAuthority AS is_transit_authority
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isTransitAuthority IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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