# BRD-062 — GOVERNMENT is for US government bodies only

> The GOVERNMENT entity type is reserved for US federal, state or local government bodies.

- **Rule ID:** BRD-062
- **Layer:** Brand (`BRAND`)
- **Checks:** `brand.entity_type`
- **Severity:** BLOCKING — Breaking this rule gets the submission rejected outright.
- **When it bites:** Gates approval — get this wrong and registration is refused
- **How it is detected:** Deterministic (settled in code from the submitted values)
- **Fix type:** Fix the field — a better value in the form clears it
- **Required by:** TCR, AWS, Bandwidth
- **Applies:** Applies when the brand is a government.
- **Canonical URL:** https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-062/

## Why this rule exists

The government classification carries the top carrier trust class and the throughput that comes with it, so it is verified strictly and misuse is treated as an attempt to obtain that standing. Contractors, public utilities and government-funded non-profits reach for it reasonably and are all outside it.

## How to fix it

Register as GOVERNMENT only if the entity is itself a US federal, state, county or municipal body. A contractor or a grant-funded organisation registers under its own classification — usually PRIVATE_PROFIT or NON_PROFIT. Done when the entity type matches what the organisation legally is.

## Example of a compliant value

```text
entity_type: GOVERNMENT · country: US — a city, county, state agency or federal department
```

## Notes

Only the country half is checkable here. Whether the organisation IS a government body is EXTERNAL_DATA, verified against a .gov domain and the vetting report, so a US-country GOVERNMENT brand passes this rule and may still fail vetting.