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Is Tribal Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor entity is a tribal government. It identifies the vendor site as belonging to a tribal government within the Other Transaction Award contract detail structure.

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__isTribalGovernment
Title
Is Tribal Government
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/isTribalGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor entity is a tribal government. It identifies the vendor site as belonging to a tribal government within the Other Transaction Award contract detail structure.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts isolate awards made to tribal governments for reporting, policy review, socio-economic analysis, and compliance monitoring. It is useful when assessing government-to-government relationships, funding flows to tribal entities, and award distribution across vendor types.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 tribal government vendors
  • Segment spend by vendor government type
  • Support compliance and socio-economic reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a 0 value means the vendor is not tribal when it may also represent missing or unreported data
  • Using this flag alone to classify the full legal entity without checking related vendor business type fields

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to select tribal government vendors, but confirm the stored representation first; for example, test whether true values are represented as 1, 'Y', or another code. When aggregating, group by this flag and pair it with null checks to separate explicit false values from missing records.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isTribalGovernment AS is_tribal_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isTribalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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