10.170 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Farm Bill – PROGRAM USDA-AMS Federal Authorization: On December 21, 2004, the (7 U.S.C. 1621 note) authorized the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide grants to departments of agriculture solely to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. The amended the Specialty Crops Competiveness Act of 2004 and authorized the USDA to provide grants to States for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Marketing Agency Contact Person Program Address Confirmation Letters To: – Nick Augostini Pearce NCDA&CS NCDA&CS 1020 Mail Service Center 1020 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 Raleigh, NC 27699 919-707-3125 919-707-3158 Agency Contact Person Financial – CoCo Daughtry NCDA&CS 1020 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 919-707-3134 The auditor should not consider the Supplement to be harbor” for identifying audit procedures to apply “safe in a particular engagement, but the auditor should be prepared to justify departures from the suggested procedures. The auditor can consider the supplement a harbor” for identification of compliance “safe requirements to be tested if the auditor performs reasonable procedures to ensure that the requirements in the Supplement are current. The grantor agency may elect to review audit working papers to determine that audit tests are adequate. Auditors may request documentation of monitoring visits by the State Agencies.
10.170 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program – Farm Bill USDA-AMS Federal Authorization: On December 21, 2004, the (7 U.S.C. 1621 note) authorized the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide grants to departments of agriculture solely to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. The amended the Specialty Crops Competiveness Act of 2004 and authorized the USDA to provide grants to States for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Marketing Agency Contact Person – Program Pearce NCDA&CS 1020 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 919-707-3158 Agency Contact Person – Financial CoCo Daughtry NCDA&CS 1020 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 919-707-3134 Address Confirmation Letters To: Nick Augostini NCDA&CS 1020 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 919-707-3125 The auditor should not consider the Supplement to be “safe harbor” for identifying audit procedures to apply in a particular engagement, but the auditor should be prepared to justify departures from the suggested procedures. The auditor can consider the supplement a “safe harbor” for identification of compliance requirements to be tested if the auditor performs reasonable procedures to ensure that the requirements in the Supplement are current. The grantor agency may elect to review audit working papers to determine that audit tests are adequate. Auditors may request documentation of monitoring visits by the State Agencies. PROGRAM
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