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Is Foreign Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a foreign government entity in the Other Transaction IDV vendor business types structure. It records the presence of the foreign-government status at the vendor-site level rather than describing the award itself.

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__isForeignGovernment
Title
Is Foreign Government
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/isForeignGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a foreign government entity in the Other Transaction IDV vendor business types structure. It records the presence of the foreign-government status at the vendor-site level rather than describing the award itself.
Business Meaning
This field is relevant for ownership and counterpart identification, export-control or sanctions screening, and segmentation of awards involving sovereign entities outside the U.S. It helps analysts distinguish foreign government vendors from private firms, domestic public entities, and other organizational types when assessing risk, policy applicability, or market composition.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 or vendor sites involving foreign government entities
  • Segment vendor populations for compliance or risk analysis
  • Exclude or separately report sovereign counterparties in market research

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag indicates foreign ownership rather than foreign government status
  • Using the field without checking whether the stored values are numeric, text, or null

Query Guidance

Use explicit comparisons against the observed boolean code set, for example WHERE isForeignGovernment = 1 or WHERE isForeignGovernment IN ('Y','1'). Include null handling in counts and joins, and validate against paired vendor business type fields when the record can carry multiple status indicators.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isForeignGovernment AS is_foreign_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__isForeignGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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