| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q91d. 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? : Other (Please specify) |
| 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 | 12 |
| Arkansas | 0.0 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 83.3 | 12 |
| California | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 5 |
| Colorado | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 13 |
| Florida | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 3 |
| Georgia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 13 |
| Iowa | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 10 |
| Idaho | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 83.3 | 6 |
| Illinois | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 11 |
| Indiana | 0.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 8 |
| Kansas | 9.1 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 81.8 | 11 |
| Kentucky | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 14 |
| Louisiana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 14 |
| Maryland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 14 |
| Minnesota | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 11 |
| Missouri | 0.0 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 78.6 | 14 |
| Mississippi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 11 |
| Montana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 90.0 | 10 |
| North Carolina | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 13 |
| North Dakota | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 90.0 | 10 |
| Nebraska | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 12 |
| New Mexico | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 4 |
| New York | 0.0 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 88.9 | 9 |
| Ohio | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 13 |
| Oklahoma | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 90.0 | 10 |
| Oregon | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 5 |
| South Carolina | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 4 |
| South Dakota | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 90.9 | 11 |
| Tennessee | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 7 |
| Texas | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 97.2 | 36 |
| Utah | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1 |
| Virginia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 7 |
| Washington | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 6 |
| West Virginia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 4 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 93.8 | 16 |
| All States | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 95.3 | 364 |