What happens if my organisation does not have an asset list?
A. From 2006 an asset list is a mandatory requirement for local government and other parts of the public sector are encouraged to adopt it as well. We recommend that this be based on the Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary (IPSV), an encoding scheme developed with the backing of the ODPM (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) and the eGU (Cabinet Office e-Government Unit). OPSI are currently developing the next generation Information Asset Register and this can be used as a model. In the short term OPSI is working to develop a simple and easy information asset register solution that can be adopted by any public sector organisation , We are also following a number of pilot projects by local authorities who are developing their own information asset register solutions.
