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