Part 510 - General Operating Procedures 

 510.70(c) (5) 



(5) Maintains, analyzes, and monitors all quality control 

 and status review reports prepared at all levels within the state. 



(6) Conducts oversight reviews of all quality control 

 activities, status reviews, and prevention of fraud, waste, and aUouse 

 efforts within the state. If fraud is found, checks related work. 



(7) Provides guidance to field offices on release of FSA 

 information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy 

 Act in conjunction with the state FOIA officer. 



(8) Provides recommendations on need for training or change 

 in procedures that result from quality control and status reviews. 



(9) Assures that USDA policy on seirvicing FSA appeals is 

 followed. 



(10) Assures that USDA policy on servicing complaints is 

 followed, and field checks a sample of reported complaints after SCS 

 completes the response to the complaint. 



(11) Reviews state and area level appeals to assure that 

 quality and compliance requirements are met. 



(12) Maintains a list of SCS employees who own and/or operate 

 farms or farm-related businesses in the state. 



(13) Assists the state conservationist in assuring that FSA 

 deficiencies that are dociimented in inspection, appraisal, or quality 

 control reports are corrected. 



(d) Each area conservationist will assign similar quality control 

 functions in writing to a member of the area staff. 



(e) Within-state quality control reviews shall be conducted 

 throughout the year. State conservationists may request NTC and NHQ 

 staff assistance to participate in state quality control reviews. 



(f) A seunple of the tracts selected each year in each state for 

 the state quality control review will be selected for the national 

 compliance control review conducted by NHQ. National Technical Center 

 (NTC) directors and NTC staff members will conduct the national 

 compliance control review as assigned by the assistant chief in 

 consultation with the Deputy Chief for Progr£uns. All national 

 compliance control review data will be collected by the Director of 

 the Conservation Planning Division. 



510-54 



(180-V-NFSAM, Second Ed., Amend. 6, May 1991) 



