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Is City Local Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a city local government entity within the vendor business type hierarchy. A value such as 1/true typically means the record meets that condition; 0/false means it does not. If the source stores codes rather than plain booleans, inspect the observed values and any paired description fields before filtering.

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__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment
Title
Is City Local Government
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isCityLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a city local government entity within the vendor business type hierarchy. A value such as 1/true typically means the record meets that condition; 0/false means it does not. If the source stores codes rather than plain booleans, inspect the observed values and any paired description fields before filtering.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards associated with city-level public entities rather than private firms or other government types. It is useful for supplier segmentation, public-sector participation analysis, and reviewing transactions where the contractor is itself a municipal government rather than a commercial vendor.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isCityLocalGovernment
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isCityLocalGovernment' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Segment awards to city government vendors
  • Exclude or include municipal entities in supplier analysis
  • Support compliance and reporting checks on vendor type

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means a true negative rather than unknown or unreported
  • Using this field as a proxy for all local government types

Query Guidance

Use a direct predicate on the positive flag value, for example `WHERE isCityLocalGovernment = 1` or the equivalent true code in your extract. Combine with related vendor business type fields when you need the full local-government subset, and guard for NULLs if the source is sparsely populated.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment AS is_city_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCityLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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