Part 510 - General Operating Procedures 



510.71(a) (3) 



(3) All Offers of bribes are to be immediately reported by 

 the employee in accordance with GM 360-413 Subpart E. 



(4) Entering false information into Government records 

 constitutes participation in fraud. 



(b> The state conservationist will ensure that each case where an 

 SCS employee is suspected of fraud is turned over to the Office of 

 Inspector General (OIG) investigation branch. 



§510.72 Responding to reports of possible violations or incorrect 

 determinations. 



SCS will investigate possible violations by persons, or potential 

 incorrect SCS determinations, reported to SCS. See §510.65. 



(a) SCS will request ASCS to issue a Form ASCS-569 to SCS for the 

 tract and the person against whom the report has been made. As part 

 of the investigation, SCS will check with ASCS to make sure that the 

 person involved has completed a Form AD-1026 for the field in 

 question. ASCS will provide aerial photocopies and records of 

 cropping history as needed. SCS will use status review procedures in 

 §510. 44(d) to investigate and process these reports. SCS will furnish 

 a report to ASCS using Form ASCS-569. See §510.52 for SCS use of Form 

 ASCS-569. 



(b) The person, organization, or agency, if known, making the 

 report of the possible violation will be informed that the report has 

 been received and is being investigated. 



(c) ASCS will use Form ASCS-569 to request SCS to make 

 determinations and review decisions with regard to reports made to 

 ASCS of possible violations or potential incorrect determinations. 



(d) The DC will transmit to the state office any report on an 

 item that is not an SCS responsibility. The state office will provide 

 a copy of the report to the agency responsible for the concerns 

 raised. SCS will inform the person making the report, if known, that 

 the report has been received and is being investigated. 



(e) SCS will establish a register of reports received in each 

 field office, recording the date of the report, name of person if 

 known, organization or agency making the report, action taken on the 

 report, and date the action was taken. 



510-56 



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



