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undersecretary

vr.tr.undersecretary · thing-q766504

Let an agent explain undersecretary offices and their variants, relay roles and appointment from government sources by country, describe political and civil service forms, and distinguish undersecretaries from ministers, deputy ministers and secretaries of state.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.PER
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Understand What an undersecretary is.

Definition

Definition and rank.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is an undersecretary, and how does the office rank relative to ministers, deputy ministers and secretaries of state? definition
  2. Is the question about the office in general, a specific country or a specific person? boundary

Variants

Variants by country.

Variants

Variants.

  1. How do Mexican and Chilean undersecretaries, British parliamentary undersecretaries and permanent undersecretaries differ? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific system? action
Roles Roles and appointment.

Roles

Roles.

Roles

Roles.

  1. What do undersecretaries do, from policy leadership to deputising for ministers? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Appointment

Appointment.

Appointment

Appointment.

  1. How are undersecretaries appointed, and are they political or career officials? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific office? action
Holders Office holders.

Current

Current holders.

Current

Current.

  1. Who holds a given undersecretary office, from official sources? provenance
  2. Is the information current? boundary

International

International organisations.

International

International.

  1. What are under-secretaries-general in the United Nations and similar bodies? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Context History.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did undersecretary offices develop in modern bureaucracies, and what was the Japanese suke? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of civil service? action

Comparison

Comparison.

Comparison

Comparison.

  1. How do undersecretaries compare with deputy ministers and state secretaries elsewhere? provenance
  2. Which entry fits deputy minister? action

Classifiers Filled

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Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
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Other names and narrower kinds
suke, Undersecretary for Human Rights, Migration and Population of Mexico, Undersecretary of Telecommunications (Chile), Secretary of State for Gender Equality, Equal Opportunities and Diversity, undersecretary of state, Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Undersecretary of Agrarian Reform, Undersecretary of Fisheries and Merchant Marine, Deputy Secretary of Economy, Under Secretary of State, Undersecretary of Economy of Chile, United States Under Secretary of the Treasury

What it is Filled

A senior government official ranking below a minister or secretary, heading a division of a ministry or deputising for the minister, whether a political appointee as in the undersecretaries of Mexico and Chile such as the Undersecretary for Human Rights, Migration and Population or the Undersecretary of Telecommunications, a junior minister such as a British parliamentary undersecretary of state or a secretary of state for a portfolio in some systems, or a senior civil servant such as a permanent undersecretary; historical equivalents include the Japanese suke.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain undersecretary offices and their variants, relay roles and appointment from government sources by country, describe political and civil service forms, and distinguish undersecretaries from ministers, deputy ministers and secretaries of state.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Below the minister
  • Political or civil service
  • Portfolio responsibility
  • Country variation

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Present a former office holder as current.
  • Confuse ranks across countries, such as undersecretary and permanent secretary.
  • Impersonate an official or invent statements in their name.
  • Publish officials' private details beyond what is public.

Only with a human decision

  • Contacting officials or making representations on someone's behalf.

May

  • Explain the role of undersecretaries in a stated country's government.
  • Relay current office holders from official government sources with the date.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Accurate information about who holds power supports accountability.

Who is affected

  • Officials
  • Citizens
  • Journalists

Owners Filled

Steward

The government that appoints them.

Master systems

  • Official gazettes and government directories

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q108290289 - registry parent class
  • Q16258947 - registry parent class
  • Q2101540 - registry parent class

related

  • senior government official - in registry terms
  • political appointee - in registry terms, in many systems
  • beamter - in registry terms, where a civil servant
  • minister - or secretary

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.undersecretary
  • Wikidata: Q766504 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766504)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Sub-ministerial government official
  • Undersecretaries of state, Mexican and Chilean undersecretaries, parliamentary undersecretaries, permanent undersecretaries, suke
  • A minister heads the ministry; a deputy minister is a distinct rank in some systems; a secretary of state may be senior or junior by country
  • Not a visible object; an office holder.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain the office and variants
  • relay roles by country
  • describe political and civil service forms
  • distinguish from related offices

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Confusing ranks across countries
  • Stale office holder information
  • Registry aliases naming specific offices

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • National laws on government organisation and appointments
  • Civil service rules for permanent undersecretaries
  • Ministerial codes

Context of use required Filled

  • Sub-ministerial leadership in government.
  • political undersecretaries such as those of Mexico and Chile
  • parliamentary undersecretaries of state in the UK
  • permanent undersecretaries as senior civil servants
  • undersecretaries in international organisations such as UN under-secretaries-general
  • secretaries of state as junior ministers in some systems
  • historical offices such as the Japanese suke

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q766504: undersecretary - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Undersecretary - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should permanent undersecretary and parliamentary undersecretary be separate entries?
  • How should government sources be linked by country?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific national offices; should they be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q766504/spec.json