{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-404.1231","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 404.1231","heading":"Scope of review.","body":"The onsite review focuses on four areas:\n(a) State's controls and recordkeeping—to assess a State's systems for assuring timely receipt, correctness, and completeness of wage reports and contribution returns;\n(b) Instruction, education, and guidance a State provides local reporting officials—to assess a State's systems for assuring on a continuing basis that all reporting officials and their staffs have the necessary instructions, guidelines, and training to meet the State's coverage, reporting and recordkeeping requirements;\n(c) Compliance by reporting officials—to assess a State's systems for assuring that the reporting officials in the State have adequate recordkeeping procedures, are properly applying the appropriate provisions of the State's agreement, and are complying with reporting requirements; and\n(d) Quality control with prompt corrective action—to assess a State's systems for assuring that its reports and those of its political subdivisions are correct, for identifying the causes and extent of any deficiencies, and for promptly correcting these deficiencies.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION","PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )","Subpart M—Coverage of Employees of State and Local Governments"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"02207be5c6ed1c750737baea3f98564ab538aad79f1bc25f7d81745419bbab3b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-404.1230","next":"us/20-cfr-404.1232"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}