Snowden made every effort to follow established procedures for bringing this crucial information to the general public.
However, the watchdog said, weapons distribution was rushed and failed to follow established procedures, particularly in 2004 and 2005.
HR leaders are frequently put into the position of ensuring that others in the organization do the right thing and follow established procedures.
Some reporters, he said, don't follow established procedures for getting a response or do the "bare minimum" on deadline, leaving officials little or no time to reply.
Stanford recognizes the need to follow established procedures to address situations that could indicate the security of the University's information assets may have been compromised.
The new uncertainty over the disaster came after a statement on Thursday from Airbus, the manufacturer of the missing jet, warning its customers to follow established procedures when pilots suspect that air-speed indicators are not functioning properly.
Mr. Weinstein said that since a co-op shareholder is a tenant of the co-op, and since maintenance is the equivalent of rent, evictions of nonpaying shareholders follow established procedures under landlord-tenant laws.
In his first comment on Mr. Snowden's case, Hong Kong's chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, indicated Saturday that Hong Kong would follow established procedures if it is asked to surrender Mr. Snowden to the United States.
WASHINGTON — In the first hint that malfunctioning airspeed indicators might have played an important role in the crash of an Air France jet bound for Paris early this week, Airbus issued a warning on Thursday to all its customers to follow established procedures when pilots suspect the devices are not working right.
Matt McLaughlin, a spokesman for the F.B.I.'s Los Angeles office, said the investigation would emphasize supervising agents who were responsible for monitoring Mr. Smith, adding, "We need to determine if there were systemic problems in the Los Angeles office or if certain personnel failed to follow established procedures".
Do employees do whatever their bosses order, or do they follow established procedures and policies?
