U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q75e. In your opinion, to what extent do the following areas of guidance in the current National Food Security Act Manual (NFSAM) need to be improved?: Status reviews provisions |
Needs very great improvement (percent) | Needs great improvement (percent) | Needs moderate improvement (percent) | Needs some improvement (percent) | Needs little or no improvement (percent) | Number of respondents | |
Alabama | 9.3 | 11.6 | 18.6 | 11.6 | 48.8 | 43 |
Arkansas | 0.0 | 9.4 | 31.3 | 18.8 | 40.6 | 32 |
California | 0.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 20.8 | 54.2 | 24 |
Colorado | 2.5 | 7.5 | 17.5 | 12.5 | 60.0 | 40 |
Florida | 0.0 | 10.7 | 21.4 | 21.4 | 46.4 | 28 |
Georgia | 3.7 | 7.4 | 18.5 | 20.4 | 50.0 | 54 |
Iowa | 5.0 | 7.5 | 28.8 | 17.5 | 41.3 | 80 |
Idaho | 8.3 | 12.5 | 16.7 | 8.3 | 54.2 | 24 |
Illinois | 2.7 | 13.7 | 23.3 | 17.8 | 42.5 | 73 |
Indiana | 3.8 | 7.5 | 20.8 | 22.6 | 45.3 | 53 |
Kansas | 11.2 | 9.0 | 23.6 | 15.7 | 40.4 | 89 |
Kentucky | 5.2 | 3.4 | 22.4 | 19.0 | 50.0 | 58 |
Louisiana | 0.0 | 10.8 | 5.4 | 18.9 | 64.9 | 37 |
Maryland | 27.3 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 27.3 | 27.3 | 11 |
Michigan | 7.1 | 7.1 | 19.0 | 16.7 | 50.0 | 42 |
Minnesota | 2.9 | 5.8 | 26.1 | 33.3 | 31.9 | 69 |
Missouri | 1.4 | 12.9 | 22.9 | 24.3 | 38.6 | 70 |
Mississippi | 3.3 | 4.9 | 13.1 | 23.0 | 55.7 | 61 |
Montana | 5.6 | 2.8 | 16.7 | 22.2 | 52.8 | 36 |
North Carolina | 6.3 | 14.1 | 18.8 | 15.6 | 45.3 | 64 |
North Dakota | 6.1 | 4.1 | 34.7 | 18.4 | 36.7 | 49 |
Nebraska | 4.3 | 10.1 | 18.8 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 69 |
New Mexico | 5.3 | 5.3 | 26.3 | 15.8 | 47.4 | 19 |
New York | 8.8 | 11.8 | 14.7 | 26.5 | 38.2 | 34 |
Ohio | 1.7 | 13.8 | 20.7 | 25.9 | 37.9 | 58 |
Oklahoma | 5.6 | 5.6 | 11.1 | 27.8 | 50.0 | 54 |
Oregon | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 63.2 | 19 |
Pennsylvania | 0.0 | 2.8 | 19.4 | 36.1 | 41.7 | 36 |
South Carolina | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.2 | 14.8 | 63.0 | 27 |
South Dakota | 4.1 | 10.2 | 20.4 | 22.4 | 42.9 | 49 |
Tennessee | 0.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 15.4 | 59.6 | 52 |
Texas | 5.3 | 9.8 | 12.1 | 18.2 | 54.5 | 132 |
Utah | 8.3 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 58.3 | 12 |
Virginia | 11.1 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 38.9 | 33.3 | 36 |
Washington | 0.0 | 8.7 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 56.5 | 23 |
Wisconsin | 6.3 | 18.8 | 20.8 | 22.9 | 31.3 | 48 |
West Virginia | 0.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 25.0 | 60.0 | 20 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 1.8 | 10.5 | 19.3 | 17.5 | 50.9 | 57 |
All States | 4.5 | 9.1 | 19.1 | 21.0 | 46.2 | 1,782 |