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Is Local Government Owned

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is owned by a local government entity in the Other Transaction Award vendor site record. It identifies the local-government-owned status recorded for the vendor, with 0 commonly representing false/no in observed data.

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__isLocalGovernmentOwned
Title
Is Local Government Owned
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isLocalGovernmentOwned
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is owned by a local government entity in the Other Transaction Award vendor site record. It identifies the local-government-owned status recorded for the vendor, with 0 commonly representing false/no in observed data.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards by ownership type and identify transactions involving local government-owned vendors. It is useful for market characterization, eligibility and compliance reviews, and understanding how often awards flow to public-sector or quasi-public entities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 to vendors owned by local governments
  • Segment vendor populations by ownership type
  • Support compliance or policy analysis of non-traditional vendor ownership

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field is always populated as 0/1 without checking the source values
  • Confusing local government ownership with vendor location or place of performance

Query Guidance

Use equality or boolean-style predicates based on the actual stored values, for example `= 1`, `= 'Y'`, or `IS TRUE` depending on the dataset encoding. If the data includes companion label fields or mixed codes, inspect distinct values first and normalize before aggregation.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isLocalGovernmentOwned AS is_local_government_owned
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isLocalGovernmentOwned IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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