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Is County Local Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a county local government entity. It is a specific business-type attribute nested under the vendor's local government classification in the Other Transaction IDV record.

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__isCountyLocalGovernment
Title
Is County Local Government
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isCountyLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a county local government entity. It is a specific business-type attribute nested under the vendor's local government classification in the Other Transaction IDV record.
Business Meaning
This field helps identify awards involving county-level public sector vendors, which is useful for market segmentation, intergovernmental contracting analysis, and compliance or policy reviews that distinguish county governments from other vendor types. It can support reporting on distribution of awards to local government entities and comparisons across public-sector supplier categories.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 where the vendor is a county local government
  • Segment vendor population by local government subtype
  • Support compliance or spend reporting for public-sector suppliers

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field identifies all local governments rather than only counties
  • Treating a 0 value as missing instead of a false/not-applicable indicator without checking the extract's coding rules

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to isolate county local government vendors, but verify whether the dataset stores it as a boolean, numeric flag, or coded text. If the value is not standardized, normalize it first and combine it with related vendor business-type indicators when building vendor classification logic.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCountyLocalGovernment AS is_county_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isCountyLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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