Regulatory Agencies Inventory and Attributes - Lifecycle and Status attributes for the Regulatory Agencies Inventory
Regulatory Agencies Inventory and Attributes
Chapter 13. Lifecycle and Status attributes for the Regulatory Agencies Inventory
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Core Concepts
| Concept | Definition & Strategic Role |
|---|---|
| Agency Status | Agency Status distinguishes active agencies from bodies that have been proposed, restructured, or dissolved while retaining historical compliance evidence. |
| Verification Date | Last Verified Date identifies stale agency records and supports governance discipline for regulatory landscapes that change over time. |
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Question: Why should dissolved or restructured agencies remain in the inventory?
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Lifecycle and Status attributes track the current operational status of each Regulatory Agency and the key dates associated with the enterprise’s regulatory relationship with it.
| Attribute Name | Maturity | Description and Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Agency Status | Crawl | Description — The current operational status of this regulatory body. Benefit(s) — Enables the inventory to distinguish active regulatory agencies from those that have been restructured, dissolved, or are in the process of being established. A dissolved agency’s historical requirements may still need to be managed for legacy compliance purposes. Source — Manual. Examples — Active, Restructured (functions transferred to another body), Dissolved, Proposed (under establishment) Notes — Valid values: Active, Restructured, Dissolved, Proposed. When an agency is Restructured, populate the Parent Agency attribute with the successor body’s Semantic ID. |
| Effective Date | Walk | Description — The date from which this agency has had jurisdiction relevant to the enterprise — either the agency’s establishment date or the date the enterprise first became subject to its jurisdiction, whichever is later. Benefit(s) — Supports longitudinal compliance history analysis and audit defensibility. If a regulatory examination covers a specific period, the Effective Date establishes when the enterprise’s compliance obligations to this agency began. Source — Manual. Examples — 2018-05-25 (GDPR enforcement date for EU data protection authorities), 2025-01-17 (DORA effective date for EU financial sector regulators), 2024-07-01 (date enterprise first became subject to jurisdiction) |
| Last Verified Date | Walk | Description — The date on which this agency record was last verified for accuracy — confirming the agency is still active, its jurisdiction is unchanged, its leadership is current, and its contact information is correct. Benefit(s) — Enables identification of stale records. Regulatory agencies reorganize, merge, and change their requirements frequently. A record not verified within the past year may contain outdated jurisdiction scope, contact details, or enforcement posture. Source — Manual. Notes — For Tier 1 compliance priority agencies, Last Verified Date should be no more than 90 days old. For lower priority agencies, annual verification is the minimum. |
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