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Is County Local Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s business type includes a county local government at the vendor site level. It is a classification attribute attached to the vendor’s local government type, not a measure of contract performance or obligation value.

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__isCountyLocalGovernment
Title
Is County Local Government
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isCountyLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor’s business type includes a county local government at the vendor site level. It is a classification attribute attached to the vendor’s local government type, not a measure of contract performance or obligation value.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving county-level public entities, which is important for vendor segmentation, intergovernmental procurement analysis, and reporting on awards to local government organizations. It can also support compliance, spending trend, and jurisdictional distribution analyses where county governments are treated differently from other vendor types.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 made to county local governments
  • Segment vendor counts by local government subtype
  • Support compliance or policy reporting on public-entity vendors

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the flag as contract type or award instrument rather than vendor classification
  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the dataset’s coded value conventions

Query Guidance

Use this field as a boolean filter in SQL, e.g. WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCountyLocalGovernment = 1, but verify the actual stored code values in your extract. If the field is nullable or coded, test distinct values and combine it with adjacent vendor business type fields to avoid misclassification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCountyLocalGovernment AS is_county_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCountyLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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