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Is Foreign Government

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is a foreign government. It identifies vendor site records where the vendor business type is classified as a foreign government rather than a commercial entity or domestic government organization.

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__isForeignGovernment
Title
Is Foreign Government
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/isForeignGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is a foreign government. It identifies vendor site records where the vendor business type is classified as a foreign government rather than a commercial entity or domestic government organization.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving foreign sovereign entities, which can affect eligibility, treaty coverage, reporting treatment, and compliance review. It is useful for distinguishing government-to-government activity from standard contractor relationships in FPDS analyses.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Exclude or isolate foreign-government vendors in award universe definitions
  • Support compliance and policy reviews for non-domestic counterparties
  • Segment vendor populations by ownership or sovereign status

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming null means false without checking the dataset's coding conventions
  • Using the flag as a proxy for foreign-owned commercial vendors

Query Guidance

Use explicit comparisons against the true code used in your extract, for example WHERE isForeignGovernment = 1 or = 'Y' after validating the observed encoding. Do not infer meaning from text casing or non-null values; if the field is part of a coded pair, join or select the paired description only when a human-readable label is needed.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isForeignGovernment AS is_foreign_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isForeignGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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