Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996: Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency Has Not Yet Fully Implemented Certain Key Provisions

Abstract

The administrator of FSA stated in comments on this report that FSA generally agreed with our findings and recommendations but took issue with our portrayal of FSAs efforts to collect delinquent debts and our estimate of the percentage of loans that FSA inappropriately excluded from referral requirements. We continue to maintain that FSA did not make compliance with DCIA a priority and therefore missed collection opportunities. We also affirm the validity of the estimated error rate for exclusions from referral requirements included in our report. FSA stated that it has developed an action plan to implement the remaining DCIA provisions referred to in our report by December 31, 2002. Additional details on FSAs comments and our evaluation are included in the Agency Comments and Our Evaluation section of this report.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA401414

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