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Is School District Local Government

Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a school district local government entity in the FPDS vendor business type hierarchy. A value of 1/true means the record matches that classification; 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__isSchoolDistrictLocalGovernment
Title
Is School District Local Government
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isSchoolDistrictLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a school district local government entity in the FPDS vendor business type hierarchy. A value of 1/true means the record matches that classification; 0/false means it does not.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards to school district entities within the broader local government vendor universe. It is useful for identifying public-sector subcontractors, measuring spend directed to education-related local governments, and supporting compliance, socioeconomic, and award-pattern analyses.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 records for school district entities
  • Summarize obligation totals to local government subtypes
  • Support vendor segmentation and compliance reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a null or 0 value proves the vendor is not a school district in all source systems
  • Using this field alone without checking related local government subtype flags or vendor type labels

Query Guidance

Use it as a boolean predicate in WHERE clauses, e.g. `WHERE isSchoolDistrictLocalGovernment = 1` or the equivalent true value in your extract. When aggregating, group by the flag to separate school district local governments from other vendor types, and test the raw values first to confirm whether the system stores booleans as numeric codes or text.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isSchoolDistrictLocalGovernment AS is_school_district_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isSchoolDistrictLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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