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Is Us Government Entity

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor entity associated with the vendor site is a U.S. government entity. It captures the government-entity status at the vendor business-type level for the 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__businessOrOrganizationType__isUSGovernmentEntity
Title
Is Us Government Entity
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isUSGovernmentEntity
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor entity associated with the vendor site is a U.S. government entity. It captures the government-entity status at the vendor business-type level for the record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish awards or transactions involving federal, state, local, tribal, or other government entities from private-sector vendors. It is useful for compliance reviews, market composition analysis, and identifying transactions that may not reflect conventional commercial procurement behavior.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 to isolate transactions involving government vendors
  • Segment vendor population by public-sector versus non-public-sector entities
  • Support compliance and exclusion checks in supplier analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a value of 0 always means a private commercial firm without checking coding conventions
  • Using the flag alone to classify a vendor without reviewing related entity-type fields or descriptions

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to filter on the encoded government-entity value after confirming the dataset's stored coding convention. For example, compare against the observed true/false code in the data, and join to vendor descriptor fields when building summary counts or exclusion logic.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isUSGovernmentEntity AS is_us_government_entity
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isUSGovernmentEntity IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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