"We try to comply," said Bruno Bondavalli, dean of academic and student affairs at St . Augustine Collegein Chicago.
"Abbott is evaluating the F.D.A.'s guidance and will determine how best to comply," said Elizabeth Hoff, a company spokeswoman.
"I'd say less than a third, maybe even a fifth, of the people who these programs are targeted for actually comply," said Dr. Levine.
But without the final rules, employers and insurers could not program their computers to comply, said Ms. Livingston, a lawyer at Jones Day, a Washington firm.
"Health insurance companies in some markets will need a transitional period to comply," said Jane L. Cline, the insurance commissioner of West Virginia and president of the association.
The insurgent group, Hizbul Islam, issued its ultimatum 10 days ago and set Tuesday as the deadline to comply, saying that music was "un-Islamic".
"I have informed Freddie Mac's board of directors of my decision and they have agreed to comply," said Armando Falcon Jr., director for the agency, in a statement yesterday.
"The real question about the consent decree is will Parks comply," said Joe Domanick, the author of "To Protect and to Serve," a 1994 history of the department.
But more than three years after the act, increasing numbers of schools are refusing to comply says Rob Kelsall, senior regional officer for the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT).
