U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q75f. 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?: Appeals 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 | 14.0 | 18.6 | 16.3 | 11.6 | 39.5 | 43 |
Arkansas | 16.1 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 22.6 | 48.4 | 31 |
California | 4.2 | 8.3 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 62.5 | 24 |
Colorado | 10.5 | 10.5 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 52.6 | 38 |
Florida | 4.2 | 4.2 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 58.3 | 24 |
Georgia | 2.0 | 18.0 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 56.0 | 50 |
Iowa | 5.1 | 20.5 | 25.6 | 19.2 | 29.5 | 78 |
Idaho | 9.5 | 28.6 | 4.8 | 14.3 | 42.9 | 21 |
Illinois | 8.5 | 16.9 | 14.1 | 25.4 | 35.2 | 71 |
Indiana | 7.5 | 13.2 | 18.9 | 22.6 | 37.7 | 53 |
Kansas | 12.8 | 11.6 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 40.7 | 86 |
Kentucky | 9.1 | 5.5 | 18.2 | 12.7 | 54.5 | 55 |
Louisiana | 2.9 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 22.9 | 60.0 | 35 |
Maryland | 16.7 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 33.3 | 12 |
Michigan | 5.0 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 25.0 | 42.5 | 40 |
Minnesota | 4.7 | 14.1 | 26.6 | 32.8 | 21.9 | 64 |
Missouri | 4.3 | 14.5 | 13.0 | 15.9 | 52.2 | 69 |
Mississippi | 7.4 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 16.7 | 50.0 | 54 |
Montana | 3.1 | 9.4 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 56.3 | 32 |
North Carolina | 11.5 | 16.4 | 14.8 | 9.8 | 47.5 | 61 |
North Dakota | 14.6 | 10.4 | 29.2 | 18.8 | 27.1 | 48 |
Nebraska | 7.5 | 11.9 | 19.4 | 28.4 | 32.8 | 67 |
New Mexico | 5.6 | 16.7 | 22.2 | 11.1 | 44.4 | 18 |
New York | 12.9 | 9.7 | 16.1 | 22.6 | 38.7 | 31 |
Ohio | 9.3 | 16.7 | 9.3 | 14.8 | 50.0 | 54 |
Oklahoma | 9.6 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 51.9 | 52 |
Oregon | 12.5 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 75.0 | 16 |
Pennsylvania | 2.9 | 14.7 | 8.8 | 20.6 | 52.9 | 34 |
South Carolina | 0.0 | 4.0 | 20.0 | 8.0 | 68.0 | 25 |
South Dakota | 9.8 | 7.3 | 26.8 | 17.1 | 39.0 | 41 |
Tennessee | 3.9 | 7.8 | 13.7 | 11.8 | 62.7 | 51 |
Texas | 7.7 | 4.3 | 12.8 | 16.2 | 59.0 | 117 |
Utah | 9.1 | 18.2 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 63.6 | 11 |
Virginia | 6.3 | 3.1 | 18.8 | 25.0 | 46.9 | 32 |
Washington | 4.8 | 4.8 | 14.3 | 9.5 | 66.7 | 21 |
Wisconsin | 8.3 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 48 |
West Virginia | 0.0 | 5.3 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 63.2 | 19 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 5.8 | 7.7 | 13.5 | 19.2 | 53.8 | 52 |
All States | 7.7 | 12.2 | 16.1 | 17.7 | 46.4 | 1,678 |