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Is Council of Governments

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor site is identified as a council of governments. It records the type-of-government-entity classification for the vendor location on the award record. A value such as 0 typically indicates the condition is not met, while other observed values should be verified against the source code set.

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__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isCouncilOfGovernments
Title
Is Council of Governments
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isCouncilOfGovernments
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor site is identified as a council of governments. It records the type-of-government-entity classification for the vendor location on the award record. A value such as 0 typically indicates the condition is not met, while other observed values should be verified against the source code set.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards by the legal or organizational nature of the vendor site, which can affect market characterization, eligibility review, and policy analysis. It is useful when distinguishing intergovernmental entities from private-sector vendors or other public entities in spend and vendor profiling.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 associated with councils of governments
  • Segment vendor population by government-entity type
  • Exclude or isolate intergovernmental entities in spend analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field applies to the entire vendor rather than the specific site record
  • Filtering on a numeric value without confirming the dataset's yes/no code mapping

Query Guidance

Use this field as a boolean or coded filter in WHERE clauses after confirming the value mapping in the extracted data. Example pattern: WHERE isCouncilOfGovernments = 1 for true-like records, or WHERE COALESCE(isCouncilOfGovernments, 0) <> 1 to exclude them; if the source uses coded strings, compare against the observed code value rather than a presumed numeric indicator.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isCouncilOfGovernments AS is_council_of_governments
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isCouncilOfGovernments IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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