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