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Is Interstate Entity

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as an interstate entity in the Other Transaction Award record. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met; analysts should verify the observed code set in the source data because this field may be stored as a flag rather than a text label.

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__isInterstateEntity
Title
Is Interstate Entity
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isInterstateEntity
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as an interstate entity in the Other Transaction Award record. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met; analysts should verify the observed code set in the source data because this field may be stored as a flag rather than a text label.
Business Meaning
This field helps identify vendor sites that operate across state lines, which can affect market segmentation, entity profiling, and compliance or jurisdiction-related review. It is useful when analyzing award distributions by vendor characteristics, geographic reach, or special organizational status.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 vendor sites identified as interstate entities
  • Segment awards by vendor organizational status
  • Support compliance or jurisdiction-focused analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the dataset's code definitions
  • Using the field as a geographic location indicator rather than an entity-status flag

Query Guidance

Use explicit comparisons against the observed code values, for example WHERE isInterstateEntity = 1 or WHERE isInterstateEntity = 'Y' depending on the source encoding. When building summaries, group by the raw flag and validate null handling separately to avoid misclassifying missing values as negative responses.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isInterstateEntity AS is_interstate_entity
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isInterstateEntity IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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