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Is Alaskan Native Owned Corporation or Firm

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified in the record as an Alaska Native owned corporation or firm. It is a socioeconomic indicator stored at the vendor site level within the award record, not a contract action outcome or obligation amount.

Family: Other Transaction Award
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__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isAlaskanNativeOwnedCorporationOrFirm
Title
Is Alaskan Native Owned Corporation or Firm
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isAlaskanNativeOwnedCorporationOrFirm
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified in the record as an Alaska Native owned corporation or firm. It is a socioeconomic indicator stored at the vendor site level within the award record, not a contract action outcome or obligation amount.
Business Meaning
This flag supports socioeconomic utilization analysis, set-aside review, vendor diversity reporting, and compliance monitoring for awards involving Alaska Native owned businesses. Analysts use it to segment procurement activity and assess participation by a specific small business socioeconomic category.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isAlaskanNativeOwnedCorporationOrFirm
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isAlaskanNativeOwnedCorporationOrFirm
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isAlaskanNativeOwnedCorporationOrFirm' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isAlaskanNativeOwnedCorporationOrFirm'.

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 for Alaska Native owned vendor participation
  • Build socioeconomic spend or award counts by vendor category
  • Validate reporting on diversity and small business program performance

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means definitively not Alaska Native owned rather than a coded false/null state
  • Using this flag alone without checking related socioeconomic indicators or source-system descriptions

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter explicitly on the encoded true value used in your dataset and handle nulls separately. If the field is stored as a coded flag, inspect distinct values first and join or coalesce with any paired description fields before aggregating.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isAlaskanNativeOwnedCorporationOrFirm AS is_alaskan_native_owned_corporation_or_firm
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isAlaskanNativeOwnedCorporationOrFirm IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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