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Is Planning Commission

Boolean/coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a planning commission. It represents a specific government-entity classification associated with the vendor site record, not a description of the award action itself.

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__isPlanningCommission
Title
Is Planning Commission
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isPlanningCommission
Description
Boolean/coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a planning commission. It represents a specific government-entity classification associated with the vendor site record, not a description of the award action itself.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts classify counterparties by organizational type when reviewing award data, especially for entity profiling, vendor segmentation, and oversight of awards to quasi-governmental or public-sector organizations. It can support compliance checks and market analysis by distinguishing planning commissions from other vendor entities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Identify awards involving planning commissions
  • Segment vendor population by government-entity subtype
  • Support compliance or policy reviews of public-sector recipients

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the flag as an award-level characteristic instead of a vendor-site attribute
  • Assuming the value is always binary without checking the observed code set

Query Guidance

Filter on the specific flag value that denotes true/yes in the dataset, and join or inspect related vendor-site classification fields when validating results. In SQL, test for the coded affirmative value rather than relying on text labels, and consider nulls or nonstandard codes as separate cases.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isPlanningCommission AS is_planning_commission
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isPlanningCommission IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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