If survey returns are incomplete and no corrections are made, what is the likely administrative action?

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Completeness of survey returns is required for approval, and missing information prevents a valid decision. When returns come in incomplete and no corrections are made, the proper administrative action is to reject them. This keeps the process accurate and ensures only fully documented submissions move forward. Rejection also signals the submitter to provide the necessary information or resubmit with all fields complete.

Automatic approval isn’t possible with incomplete data, since missing details undermine the decision. Conditional acceptance would apply only if there were valid, resolvable issues that could be corrected, which isn’t the scenario here. Archiving would imply finalizing and retaining the submission without further action, which isn’t appropriate for incomplete returns that require correction or resubmission.