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Is Alaskan Native Servicing Institution

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is an Alaskan Native servicing institution. In FPDS, this is a vendor site detail classification tied to the record’s educational-entity attributes rather than a general vendor characteristic.

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__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution
Title
Is Alaskan Native Servicing Institution
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is an Alaskan Native servicing institution. In FPDS, this is a vendor site detail classification tied to the record’s educational-entity attributes rather than a general vendor characteristic.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards associated with institutions that may qualify under specific socioeconomic, tribal, or educational policy considerations. It supports compliance review, set-aside analysis, and segmentation of awards to institutions serving Alaska Native communities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 tied to Alaska Native servicing institutions
  • Measure participation in institution-specific procurement programs
  • Support compliance and demographic segmentation reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming null, 0, and false all mean the same thing without checking source encoding
  • Using this field as a general minority-owned business indicator

Query Guidance

Use explicit predicates matched to the dataset’s encoding, for example `= 1`, `= 'Y'`, or `IS TRUE` after confirming the stored format. When analyzing rates or counts, group by this flag only after excluding unrelated vendor-site rows and confirming the award level you intend to summarize.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution AS is_alaskan_native_servicing_institution
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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