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Is State Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a state government entity in the Other Transaction Award vendor business types structure. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met; nonzero, true, or coded equivalents indicate that it is met, depending on the source encoding.

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__isStateGovernment
Title
Is State Government
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/isStateGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a state government entity in the Other Transaction Award vendor business types structure. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met; nonzero, true, or coded equivalents indicate that it is met, depending on the source encoding.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving state government vendors, which is important for recipient-type segmentation, intergovernmental procurement analysis, and compliance or reporting that depends on vendor ownership or government affiliation. It can also support trend analysis of awards to public-sector entities versus private firms.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 where the vendor site is a state government
  • Segment vendor universe by public-sector vs non-public-sector entities
  • Support compliance, reporting, or ownership-type analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the dataset encoding
  • Using this field as a vendor name or descriptive attribute instead of a classification flag

Query Guidance

In SQL, compare against the actual stored representation used in your dataset, for example WHERE isStateGovernment = 1 or WHERE isStateGovernment IN ('Y','true') depending on encoding. If the feed includes both code and description variants, validate the paired field or inspect distinct values before building joins or filters.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isStateGovernment AS is_state_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isStateGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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