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Is Municipality Local Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a municipality local government entity in the Other Transaction IDV vendor business type hierarchy. A value such as 1/true means the record meets that condition; 0/false means it does not.

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__isMunicipalityLocalGovernment
Title
Is Municipality Local Government
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isMunicipalityLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a municipality local government entity in the Other Transaction IDV vendor business type hierarchy. A value such as 1/true means the record meets that condition; 0/false means it does not.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish municipal local government vendors from other vendor types when assessing recipient composition, market participation, and eligibility-related patterns in federal procurement and assistance-like transactions. It is useful for segmenting awards to local government entities, supporting compliance review, and analyzing how often municipalities appear as counterparties in Other Transaction IDVs.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 Other Transaction IDVs involving municipal local government vendors
  • Segment vendor population by local government subtype
  • Support compliance or eligibility checks for awards to municipalities

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 means the vendor is not a local government overall rather than only not a municipality
  • Using the field without checking for nulls or alternate coded representations

Query Guidance

Use it as a boolean filter or CASE-based classification, for example WHERE isMunicipalityLocalGovernment IN (1, '1', 'true', 'Y'). If the field is stored as a code flag, normalize the observed values before aggregating, and pair it with related local government type fields to avoid misclassification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isMunicipalityLocalGovernment AS is_municipality_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isMunicipalityLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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