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Is Federal Government Agency

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a federal government agency in the Other Transaction Award vendor business types structure. The value records the presence of that classification for the vendor site, rather than a descriptive name. Example value 0 indicates the condition is not met.

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__federalGovernment__isFederalGovernmentAgency
Title
Is Federal Government Agency
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/federalGovernment/isFederalGovernmentAgency
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a federal government agency in the Other Transaction Award vendor business types structure. The value records the presence of that classification for the vendor site, rather than a descriptive name. Example value 0 indicates the condition is not met.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts separate federal government entities from private-sector or other non-federal vendors when reviewing award recipients, partner mixes, and interagency transactions. It is useful for compliance checks, vendor segmentation, and identifying awards where the counterparty is another government body rather than a commercial supplier.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 where the vendor is a federal government agency
  • Segment vendor base by public-sector versus non-public-sector counterparties
  • Support compliance and interagency award analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag describes the prime award recipient rather than the vendor site record
  • Treating coded values as self-evident without checking the dataset's code-to-meaning mapping

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter on the flag value only after confirming the stored encoding, for example WHERE isFederalGovernmentAgency = 1 for true/yes or WHERE isFederalGovernmentAgency = 'Y' if the file uses character codes. Use IS NULL checks to separate missing from negative responses, and join to any paired description field if available to validate interpretation.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederalGovernmentAgency AS is_federal_government_agency
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__federalGovernment__isFederalGovernmentAgency IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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