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Is Municipality Local Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a municipality local government within the Other Transaction Award record. A value such as 1/true means the site is categorized as a municipal government entity; 0/false means it is not. If the field is coded, interpret it only in conjunction with the observed value set and any paired descriptive fields.

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__isMunicipalityLocalGovernment
Title
Is Municipality Local Government
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isMunicipalityLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a municipality local government within the Other Transaction Award record. A value such as 1/true means the site is categorized as a municipal government entity; 0/false means it is not. If the field is coded, interpret it only in conjunction with the observed value set and any paired descriptive fields.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts separate municipal government vendors from other vendor types when evaluating recipient composition, intergovernmental activity, and local public-sector participation in awards. It is useful for compliance reviews, market segmentation, and assessing how often federal spending flows to city or town governments versus other entities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Count awards to municipal local governments
  • Segment vendor population by local government type
  • Support compliance or public-sector recipient analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming null or 0 has the same meaning across all extracts
  • Using the flag alone to infer the full legal status of the vendor

Query Guidance

Use a direct equality filter on the positive flag value, for example `WHERE isMunicipalityLocalGovernment = 1` or the dataset's equivalent true code. When aggregating, group by the flag value to compare municipal versus non-municipal vendor sites, and check for coded representations before hard-coding logic.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isMunicipalityLocalGovernment AS is_municipality_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isMunicipalityLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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