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Is City Local Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor's local government entity is a city government. It is a component of the vendor business type classification within vendor site details and identifies city-level local government entities when present.

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__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment
Title
Is City Local Government
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isCityLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor's local government entity is a city government. It is a component of the vendor business type classification within vendor site details and identifies city-level local government entities when present.
Business Meaning
This field helps distinguish municipal vendors from other government, nonprofit, or commercial entity types in award analysis. Analysts use it to measure awards to city governments, assess intergovernmental spending patterns, and support compliance or stakeholder reporting on local public-sector recipients.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isCityLocalGovernment
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isCityLocalGovernment' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment'.

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 city government vendors
  • Count or sum obligations to municipal recipients
  • Segment local government recipients by subtype

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field identifies all local governments rather than only city governments
  • Filtering on the flag without checking the encoded true/false values used in the query source

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to isolate city local government records, and confirm whether the source stores boolean values, numeric codes, or text equivalents before filtering. For rollups, pair it with vendor business type or local government fields to prevent double counting or misclassification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment AS is_city_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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