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Is Local Government

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor site is classified as a local government entity in the FPDS vendor business types structure. It flags the presence of the local-government condition for the vendor record, rather than describing the contract action 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__localGovernment__isLocalGovernment
Title
Is Local Government
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor site is classified as a local government entity in the FPDS vendor business types structure. It flags the presence of the local-government condition for the vendor record, rather than describing the contract action itself.
Business Meaning
This matters when analysts need to segment awards by recipient type, track public-to-public contracting, or assess spend involving sub-federal government entities. It can support policy, socioeconomic, and intergovernmental procurement analyses where local government recipients may need to be separated from private vendors and other public entities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 local government recipients
  • Segment vendor population by ownership/type
  • Support compliance or intergovernmental spend analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the flag as a characteristic of the contract action instead of the vendor entity
  • Assuming all false/null values mean the vendor is private rather than simply not classified as local government

Query Guidance

Use this field as a boolean or coded filter in WHERE clauses, and validate the stored representation in the source data before comparing to 1, 0, true, or false. If the dataset includes related description fields or multiple vendor-business-type flags, combine them carefully to avoid misclassification and null-handling errors.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isLocalGovernment AS is_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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