Yet despite near total compliance, a buzz of social nervousness attends the subject.
Apparently, the manner in which the photo-enforcement law was written made compliance a voluntary action.
When he looked for a new head of compliance, a recruiter contacted several prosecutors and F.B.I. agents.
The answers were analyzed by the company's director of circulation compliance, a job created in August and filled by a former audit bureau supervisor.
"This is a swift reminder to the Iranians that they are not in compliance," a senior American official said after the announcement.
"Our team will continue to closely vet all prospective publishers and monitor existing ones to ensure compliance," a Facebook spokesman said in a statement.
With security and compliance a key issue in today's business environment, this points to a significant problem that potentially puts the organisation at risk.
Ms. Volkes said Ford latches complied with an alternative method for measuring vehicle compliance: a brief impact test called "approved crash pulse".
And now Google's corporate Web site lists a job for a manager for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, a job title that seems inherently unnecessary at private businesses.
Instead of prosecuting all offenders, the Justice Department brings cases against well-known individuals, hoping that widespread news coverage will encourage compliance, a policy known as general deterrence.
Saddam can admit a legion of inspectors, but that may not stop Mr. Bush from wriggling out of the U.N. restraints and declaring the despot's compliance a sham.
