U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q91c. 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?: Conducting status reviews

  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 0.0 100.0 50
Arkansas 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 45
California 0.0 0.0 3.2 0.0 96.8 31
Colorado 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 44
Florida 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 30
Georgia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 58
Iowa 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 98.8 80
Idaho 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 27
Illinois 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 76
Indiana 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 98.3 60
Kansas 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 98.9 93
Kentucky 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 98.6 72
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 45
Minnesota 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.8 88.2 68
Missouri 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 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 72
New Mexico 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 22
New York 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 39
Ohio 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 59
Oklahoma 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 60
Oregon 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 21
Pennsylvania 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 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 0.0 100.0 53
Texas 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 150
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 24
Wisconsin 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 98.1 52
West Virginia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 22
States with fewer than 15 respondents 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 72
All States 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.8 99.1 1,966