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Is1994 Land Grant College

Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a 1994 Land Grant College in the FPDS record. A value such as 1 or true means the site is marked as such; 0, false, or null means it is not marked or the information is absent.

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__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1994LandGrantCollege
Title
Is1994 Land Grant College
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/is1994LandGrantCollege
Description
Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a 1994 Land Grant College in the FPDS record. A value such as 1 or true means the site is marked as such; 0, false, or null means it is not marked or the information is absent.
Business Meaning
This flag helps analysts identify awards involving institutions eligible under the 1994 Land Grant College designation, which can matter for socioeconomic tracking, education-related procurement analysis, and reporting on set-asides or specialized institutional engagement. It supports segmentation of awards to historically significant higher-education entities in federal spending reviews.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1994LandGrantCollege
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/is1994LandGrantCollege
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/is1994LandGrantCollege' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1994LandGrantCollege'.

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 tied to 1994 Land Grant Colleges
  • Segment vendor populations for education-related spending analysis
  • Support compliance or eligibility checks for institution-specific programs

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming null means no without checking whether the field was populated
  • Treating the flag as a vendor-level attribute rather than a vendor-site-level attribute

Query Guidance

Use it in WHERE clauses as a boolean filter, for example `WHERE is1994LandGrantCollege = 1` or the equivalent true value in your system. If the source stores coded values, normalize to a consistent boolean before aggregation and preserve nulls separately when measuring data completeness.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1994LandGrantCollege AS is1994_land_grant_college
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1994LandGrantCollege IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1994LandGrantCollege AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1994LandGrantCollege 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.