$Id: oegov.n3 1273 2009-08-01 22:42:58Z RalphHodgson $ Ralph Hodgson Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License An ontology of a democratic Government. oeGOV Ontology $Revision: 1273 $ $Date: 2009-08-01 15:42:58 -0700 (Sat, 01 Aug 2009) $ TopQuadrant, Inc. http://www.topquadrant.com Corporation Bill Committee Agency Enactment event type Enactment event Executive agency http://www.house.gov/ House of representatives House of Representatives Board Trust Institute Provence 1 Web site 1 Event Cessation event type Cessation event Gallery Event type Statute status Directorate Office Association Theatre Act University Foundation Government Geo political entity Court 1 1 1 1 1 1 Body 1 1 1 Bank Courts decide arguments about the meaning of laws and how they are applied. They also decide if laws violate the Constitution—this is known as judicial review, and it is how federal courts provide checks and balances on the legislative and executive branches. Judicial branch Administration Intelligence agency 1 1 1 National government Country Commission Legislative agency Center Panel 0 0 Bureau Region Assimilation event type Assimilation event Article I of the Constitution establishes the legislative or law making branch of government. It has a two-branch Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives—and agencies that support Congress. Legislative branch Civil agency Linked open data event type Linked open data event Creation event type Creation event Museum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_legislation A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a country, state, city, or county. Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare policy. The word is often used to distinguish law made by legislative bodies from case law and the regulations issued by Government agencies. Statutes are sometimes referred to as legislation or "black letter law". As a source of law, statutes are considered primary authority (as opposed to secondary authority). Before a statute becomes law in some countries, it must be agreed upon by the highest executive in the government, and finally published as part of a code. In many countries, statutes are organized in topical arrangements (or "codified") within publications called codes, such as the United States Code. In the United States, statutory law is distinguished from and subordinate to constitutional law. 1 Statute Publication event type Transparency event type Transparency event The executive branch of the government is responsible for enforcing the laws of the land. The president, vice president, department heads (cabinet members), and heads of independent agencies carry out this mission. The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. Executive Branch http://www.senate.gov/ Senate Educational body Publication event /Agencies/Federal/Legislative.shtml 1 1 Congress State government District Federal agency College State Laboratory Department 1 1 Data Service Defense agency Council legislative authority commision assimilation governs branch consists of committee transparency bureau cessation creation event publication adminstration service board council directorate panel center enactment agency resulting from legislation office suborganization department reports to Introducted Senate vote Devolution event type Referred to committee Reported by committee Approved by president Amendments in progress Passed in house