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Is Veteran Owned

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is veteran-owned on the Other Transaction Award record. It captures the vendor site’s veteran-owned socioeconomic indicator in FPDS.

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__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isVeteranOwned
Title
Is Veteran Owned
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isVeteranOwned
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is veteran-owned on the Other Transaction Award record. It captures the vendor site’s veteran-owned socioeconomic indicator in FPDS.
Business Meaning
This field supports vendor diversity, small business, and socioeconomic participation analysis in federal procurement. Analysts use it to segment awards, assess policy outcomes, and identify veteran-owned supplier usage across obligations and award types.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 veteran-owned vendors
  • Calculate obligation share to veteran-owned vendors
  • Compare vendor diversity across agencies, offices, or time periods

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming all nonzero or nonblank values mean veteran-owned without checking the code set
  • Using the field as a contract-level ownership certification instead of a vendor site indicator

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses or CASE expressions to isolate veteran-owned vendors, but first verify the actual coded values in your dataset. Example pattern: WHERE isVeteranOwned = 1 for true/yes, or use a CASE statement that maps the observed code set explicitly and handles nulls separately.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isVeteranOwned AS is_veteran_owned
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isVeteranOwned IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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