GOVERNMENT is for US government bodies only
The requirementstatement
The GOVERNMENT entity type is reserved for US federal, state or local government bodies.
- Severityseverity
- BlockingBLOCKINGBreaking this rule gets the submission rejected. There is no partial credit.
- When it bitesphase
- Gates approvalapprovalGet this wrong and the brand or campaign is refused at registration.
- What is checkedobject
- brand.entity_type
- Where it liveslayer
- BrandBRAND
- How Ekas settles itdetectability
- DeterministicDETERMINISTIC
- Settled in code from the values you submitted. No model involved, no judgement call, same answer every time.
- What the fix involvesfailureClass
- Fix the fieldRETRY_FIELD
- A better value in the form fixes it. Ekas can rewrite it and re-check.
- Who requires itauthorities
- TCRAWSBandwidth
- When it appliesapplicabilityText
- Applies when the brand is a government.
Why this rule existsrationale
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 itremediation
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.
A compliant exampleexample
entity_type: GOVERNMENT · country: US — a city, county, state agency or federal department
Notesnotes
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.
Rules you will hit next
3 other rules read brand.entity_type. Fixing one field to satisfy a single rule is how a resubmission trades one rejection for another, so read these before you change anything.
BRD-040Entity type must be one of the five supported valuesBlockingBLOCKINGBRD-045PUBLIC_PROFIT means the shares actually tradeBlockingBLOCKINGBRD-084Sole proprietor is not supported by every providerBlockingBLOCKINGBRD-001A legal company name is required for every entity but a sole proprietorBlockingBLOCKINGBRD-002Legal name must match the IRS record for the EINBlockingBLOCKINGBRD-003Legal name must carry its exact entity suffix as filedBlockingBLOCKING
BRD-062 is one of 196 brand rules in the 915-rule 10DLC registry. Free to cite under CC BY 4.0.