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Is Local Government Owned

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is owned by a local government entity. It captures a specific vendor business type classification within the Other Transaction IDV vendor hierarchy.

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__isLocalGovernmentOwned
Title
Is Local Government Owned
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isLocalGovernmentOwned
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is owned by a local government entity. It captures a specific vendor business type classification within the Other Transaction IDV vendor hierarchy.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving local government-owned vendors, which can affect market segmentation, ownership analysis, and policy reporting. It is useful when assessing whether procurement activity supports public-sector entities or when excluding/including government-owned vendors in competitive market studies.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 involving local government-owned vendors
  • Segment vendor population by ownership type
  • Support compliance or socioeconomic analysis of vendor entities

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the flag as the vendor's legal ownership structure outside the recorded business type
  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking source coding and null handling

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter on the explicit coded true value used in your extract, and test for null separately if absence must be distinguished from false. Example pattern: WHERE isLocalGovernmentOwned = 1; adjust the literal to match observed values and pair with related vendorBusinessTypes fields when building ownership logic.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isLocalGovernmentOwned AS is_local_government_owned
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isLocalGovernmentOwned IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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