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Is Township Local Government

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor's business type includes a township local government entity. It records the local-government classification attached to the vendor site details for an Other Transaction IDV record.

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__isTownshipLocalGovernment
Title
Is Township Local Government
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/localGovernment/isTownshipLocalGovernment
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor's business type includes a township local government entity. It records the local-government classification attached to the vendor site details for an Other Transaction IDV record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving township-level public entities, which is useful for separating local-government counterparties from private vendors, measuring public-sector participation, and supporting compliance or jurisdictional reviews. It can also improve segmentation of award populations when studying non-federal recipients or intergovernmental transactions.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 records to township local government counterparties
  • Segment vendor populations by local-government subtype
  • Support compliance or classification checks for public-entity vendors

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means no when it may also mean unknown or not reported
  • Using this field as a general indicator of all local governments instead of only townships

Query Guidance

Use it as a boolean filter in WHERE clauses only after confirming the dataset's coding conventions, for example `... WHERE isTownshipLocalGovernment = 1` for true values. When analyzing completeness, include nulls or explicit unknown codes separately, and join or compare with other vendorBusinessTypes flags if you need the full local-government profile.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isTownshipLocalGovernment AS is_township_local_government
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__localGovernment__isTownshipLocalGovernment IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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