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Is Alaskan Native Servicing Institution

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as an Alaskan Native servicing institution in the FPDS record. It represents a specific type-of-educational-entity classification attached to the vendor site details rather than a general vendor attribute.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
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__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution
Title
Is Alaskan Native Servicing Institution
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as an Alaskan Native servicing institution in the FPDS record. It represents a specific type-of-educational-entity classification attached to the vendor site details rather than a general vendor attribute.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards associated with vendors that qualify under a specialized educational or socioeconomic classification. It is useful for segmentation, policy compliance review, and examining participation patterns for set-aside or preference-related analyses.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution'.

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 involving Alaskan Native servicing institutions
  • Segment vendor populations for compliance or equity analysis
  • Join with vendor/site attributes to study award distribution by institutional type

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag describes the entire contractor instead of the specific vendor site record
  • Treating coded values as plain booleans without checking the source encoding

Query Guidance

Use this field as a predicate in WHERE clauses after confirming the stored encoding, for example `= 1` for true or the equivalent coded value in your extract. When aggregating, group on the normalized flag and consider nulls separately so missing data is not counted as false.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution AS is_alaskan_native_servicing_institution
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isAlaskanNativeServicingInstitution IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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