European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 8, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3 inquiries panel says Washington a environmental Protection Agency auditors failed to pursue potential waste and fraud in $8.6 billion Worth of government contracts a House panel said saturday. The panels report and an accompanying letter Tofela administrator William Reilly heaped scorn on the Agency a office of inspector general a the division assigned to Root out fraud waste and abuse. The Independent watchdog office within Epa is a plagued by serious leadership failures a said the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations. Efforts to audit serious fraud allegations against one of Epars largest contractors was described As  investigators performance in prosecuting potential fraud by superfund cleanup contractors was termed  Jim Rauch Epars Deputy assistant inspector general for audit said he Hadnot seen the report but had read the letter to Reilly signed by subcommittee chairman John d. Dingell d-mich., and its ranking Republican Thomas j. Bliley or. Of Virginia. The letter outlined the findings and called the 273 unmet requests for audits a simply  a once we get a copy Well make a thorough review and respond a Rauch said. Epa inspector general John c. Martin Wasny to at work Friday. Attempts to Contact him Friday and saturday were not successful. The report said Martins Headquarters office missed serious problems discovered by Pentagon auditors and Epa procurement officials. The office ignored those findings As Well As investigations by the inspector general a regional offices the subcommittee said. The report found a Martins office took no action on complaints by an Epa contract officer that his Deputy failed to a maintain an arms length relationship with female employees of a major contractor computer sciences corp. Of Al Segundo Calif. The assistant became a Overly familiar and affectionate with the women the report said quoting the complaining Epa official. The official told investigators he a observed several female. Csc employees respond in a similar Way one of them was massaging his Back As they jointly walked Down a  a the inspector general also failed to act on other allegations by the Epa official who said the same Deputy manipulated labor rates to inflate the pay of the computer company workers. Nor did Martins office act against an alleged scheme by a Csc vice president to overcharge the Epa for the work of the contract employees. A a Martins office never issued a report by the inspector general s Western audit division which among other findings contended Csc was a providing unqualified personnel to fill  a one Epa employee complained that Csc had a misled him by telling him an assigned Csc staffer had a a masters degree a a the report said. A in fact the degree was in sitar a music  a sitar is a Lute like instrument from India. The subcommittee report called the investigation of Csc a a superficial and said it viewed the monitoring of Csc contracts As a Case study of the inspector general a failures. The company provides computer hardware software and communications services. A the report. Appears to cover contractual issues that were resolved at the local level with Epa in the Normal course of contract administration a said Csc spokesman Bill Helmantoler. A we Are cooperating with the subcommittee and the Epa to resolve any issues still  the report said that of 48 superfund cases selected for investigation from 1984-90, Only 4 percent resulted in any prosecution and Only 8 percent led to administrative action such As employee dismissals or contractor suspensions. The inspector general is standards rate an investigative managers performance As unsatisfactory if less than 25 percent of his closed cases Lead to a criminal and or administrative action. The limited audit work conducted by Pentagon auditors and Epa contracting officials revealed significant irregularities the subcommittee  heroes a a a crowd of about 100,000 turned out to Hail local heroes in Little Rock Ark. Spectators lined the Parade route saturday As some 4,600 veterans of the persian Gulf War participated in the states official Welcome Home  Charles soon britons say in poll London up a four out of 10 people believe Queen Elizabeth ii should abdicate and allow Prince Charles to become the King of England a move that britons believe May strengthen his marriage to Princess Diana according to a poll published sunday. The British tabloid sunday Mirror found a a significant and growing number of britons want the Queen to abdicate As a possible solution to what has been increasingly portrayed As a troubled 10-year marriage Between the heir to the throne and the Princess of Wales. In the Survey of 520 people 41 percent believed the Queen should abdicate while 52 percent said no. Some 60 percent rejected divorce As a solution to the Royal couples reported difficulties and 81 percent ruled out a third child As a marriage saving bid. In an editorial titled a time to name the Day May am a the Mirror said the Queen ought to step Down in june 1993 after the 40th anniversary of her Coronation. A your majesty your subjects the British people want Prince Charles and Princess Diana to live As happily Ever after As they did when they were first married. A what does come through in an opinion poll. Is the growing belief that the marriage would work better if Charles and Diana were Given the roles for which he has been trained for life and she has Learned too Well Over the last 10 years a the editorial said. The Stream of speculative stories about the marriage increased last week following reports of a Royal dispute Over the Celebration of Diana a 30th birthday last monday. It was reported that Charles headed off to Scotland rather than celebrate the birthday with his wife. But the sunday times reported a truce in the Royal marriage. A by the end of the week those close to Charles and Diana were reporting that peace had broken out. A rapprochement of sorts had been achieved a it said. A it is understood that by midweek a while the Media went wild with stories drawn from a friends and advisers in the rival Royal Camps a the couple themselves had had a full and Frank discussion of Many of the issues that have divided their respective offices Over recent  balks at leaving lebanese Security zone Jerusalem apr foreign minister David Levy said sunday that Israel would oppose abandoning its Security zone in South Lebanon unless other foreign troops also withdrew from the country. Levy spoke after a Cabinet debate on the lebanese army a corralling of palestinian guerrillas into refugee Camps As part of Lebanon a Effort to reassert its control Over the Southern part of the country. The move is expected to create pressure on Israel to dismantle the zone it controls in Lebanon a about 10 percent of the tiny country a area. But Levy challenged whether curbing Plo forces around the port of Saida and taking their heavy weapons meant the syrian backed lebanese army could prevent attacks on Northern israeli settlements. A who could guarantee such Security if not the israeli army a Levy said on Israel radio. A there Are foreign forces in Lebanon who More than once have collaborated or helped attacks on our Borders. Certainly we cannot place our Trust in  a. While Levy did not mention Syria by name he was clearly referring to the 40,000 troops that Syria maintains in Lebanon. A when the Day comes that All foreign forces leave Lebanon and a Sovereign Lebanon wants to discuss peace they will certainly find Israel ready a Levy added. No decision was reported from the Cabinet meeting. However several israeli officials expressed scepticism about whether the lebanese army would Block guerrilla attacks on israeli targets. The lebanese move to reassert control could put Israel at Odds with its chief ally the United states which has expressed support for restoring stability to Lebanon after 16 years of civil War