FPDS Query Library
About Us
Contact Us

Is Transit Authority

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a transit authority in the vendor's government-entity type details. A value such as 1/true typically means the site is identified as a transit authority; 0/false means it is not.

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__isTransitAuthority
Title
Is Transit Authority
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isTransitAuthority
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a transit authority in the vendor's government-entity type details. A value such as 1/true typically means the site is identified as a transit authority; 0/false means it is not.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving transit authorities, which can be relevant for sector-level spending reviews, jurisdictional analysis, and policy or compliance checks tied to specific government entity types. It supports segmentation of vendors by organizational form rather than by industry code alone.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 associated with transit authorities
  • Segment vendor populations by government entity type
  • Support compliance or policy analyses focused on public transportation entities

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the flag as a funding amount or award status
  • Assuming the field is populated for every record or that null means false

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter on the positive flag value after confirming the source encoding, for example WHERE isTransitAuthority = 1 or WHERE isTransitAuthority = 'Y'. Include null-handling logic explicitly and, if available, join to paired description fields to validate the coded value meaning.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isTransitAuthority AS is_transit_authority
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isTransitAuthority IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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