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Is Council of Governments

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a council of governments. It records the type-of-government-entity classification for the vendor site in the Other Transaction IDV contract detail.

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__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isCouncilOfGovernments
Title
Is Council of Governments
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isCouncilOfGovernments
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a council of governments. It records the type-of-government-entity classification for the vendor site in the Other Transaction IDV contract detail.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving intergovernmental entities and distinguish them from commercial, nonprofit, or other government-related vendors. It is useful for market segmentation, compliance review, and understanding how federal obligations flow to special-purpose governmental organizations.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 councils of governments
  • Segment vendor populations by government-entity type
  • Support compliance or eligibility analyses for intergovernmental recipients

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a 0 value always means false without checking the dataset's code conventions
  • Using this field alone to classify the vendor without reviewing adjacent government-entity indicators

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses only after confirming its stored values and encoding. If the column is coded, compare against the observed true value; if it is a flag paired with a description field, use both the code and description to avoid misclassification in joins, filters, or counts.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isCouncilOfGovernments AS is_council_of_governments
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isCouncilOfGovernments IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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