U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q91a. Since 1996, how often has your office used contractors or third-party vendors regarding the implementation of conservation compliance provisions in each of the following areas?: Making determinations of highly erodible land or wetlands |
Always or almost always (percent) | Most of the time (percent) | About half of the time (percent) | Some of the time (percent) | Never or almost never (percent) | Number of respondents | |
Alabama | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 98.0 | 50 |
Arkansas | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 45 |
California | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 93.5 | 31 |
Colorado | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 97.7 | 44 |
Florida | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 96.7 | 30 |
Georgia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 98.3 | 58 |
Iowa | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 98.8 | 81 |
Idaho | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 96.4 | 28 |
Illinois | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 76 |
Indiana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 62 |
Kansas | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 96.8 | 93 |
Kentucky | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 98.6 | 73 |
Louisiana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 97.6 | 42 |
Maryland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 93.3 | 15 |
Michigan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 46 |
Minnesota | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 95.7 | 69 |
Missouri | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 98.7 | 78 |
Mississippi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 65 |
Montana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 44 |
North Carolina | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 70 |
North Dakota | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 98.0 | 49 |
Nebraska | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 73 |
New Mexico | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 23 |
New York | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 92.3 | 39 |
Ohio | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 98.3 | 60 |
Oklahoma | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 61 |
Oregon | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 95.2 | 21 |
Pennsylvania | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 97.5 | 40 |
South Carolina | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 28 |
South Dakota | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 54 |
Tennessee | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 96.2 | 53 |
Texas | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 154 |
Utah | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 15 |
Virginia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 41 |
Washington | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 25 |
Wisconsin | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 94.2 | 52 |
West Virginia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 22 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 98.6 | 72 |
All States | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 98.4 | 1,982 |