European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday August 16,1991 by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer . Civilian employees in Germany eligible to receive a Cost of living allowance can expect to see bigger paychecks soon. The state department has announced that the civilian Cost of living allowance called Post allowance has increased for lost areas of Germany effective aug. 11. The increases result from a drop in the Dol Lar Mark Exchange rate in recent weeks a state department allowances staff member said thursday. The 15,000 to 20,000 Arity civilians and about 1,500 air Force civilians who recently stopped receiving All Post allowance or whose Post allowance decreased will see it make a comeback in their next paychecks. The announcement also affects All other . Government employees in Germany such As embassy workers and department of defense dependents schools teachers who normally receive Post allowance the tax free allowance is intended to compensate employees for the difference in living costs Between their overseas location and the Washington dc., area. Post allowance amounts vary by Community depending on the Community a Quot Post  Post classification is the percentage by which living costs in an overseas site exceed the living costs in the nations capital. Local Price surveys form the basis for determining these figures gs-9 Post allowance per pay period location before june 30 june 30 aug. 11 Kaiserslautern $27.69 0 $27.69 Bonn $63.08 $65,38 $63,06 Berlin $63.06 $83.06 $83.08 Hamburg $110.77 $83.08 $83.08 $26,000 salary with 2 family members a a  a a �?�.v.v.1 a , a Vrej .w.1 a source Usa eur . State dept Sis Susan Harris Exchange rate Rose to an average of 1.76 Marks to a Dollar the staff member said. The allowance was reduced in most communities civilians in communities in Germany that had a Post classification of s percent stopped receiving Post allowances entirely effective june 30, because the currency with higher Post classifications. Weeks later the Exchange rate averaged 1.60 Marks to a Dollar three Days in a Row triggering an increase in Post classifications and therefore higher allowances. The allowance will be paid retroactive to aug. 11, when the Post classifications changed. Exchange rate fluctuations do not affect each Community the same Way however because the Exchange rates Are considered among other factors such As Access to . Facilities and off base prices. All communities in Germany except Berlin Leipzig Hamburg and the Bonn area were at the 5 percent rate before june 30. The Bonn area which Quot includes Tiren Cologne Dusseldorf Hannover Heimer Jillich Kerpen Koblenz and Sheinberg had a Post classification of 15 percent which dropped to 10 percent. Effective aug. 11, the Bonn area classification will go Back up. Its change to 15 percent also reflects results of a new retail Price Survey of the area the state department official said. Hamburg a classification went from 20 percent to 15 percent june 30. As of aug. 11, the new Exchange rate did not change its 15 percent classification. Berlin and Leipzig Post classifications of 15 per cent remained unchanged. For a gs-9 employee with two family members earning $28,000 annually the change in Bonne a classification june 30 meant a decrease in annual allowance from $2,160 to $1,440. In Frankfurt the same employee went from an annual allowance of $720 to Zero on june 30. Payments will begin for most army civilians sept. 5. The air Force has not announced when the payments begin. Personnel officials with he Usa eur said that civilian employees hired after june 15 must fill out a foreign allowance application Grant and report form to begin receiving Post allowance. Australian to face trial Over breaking into . Computers ride Mem Tiger Sas Kan Gaorge Sterling Mitchell 5, finds Riding stripes the stuffed Mascot of the Sembach tigers More fun than sunday s Continental sports conference game with the visiting Hahn Hawks in Germany Sterling is the son of Victor and Gladys my chill of Sembach a. By the Washington Post an australian court wednesday ordered a 20-year-old computer Hacker from Melbourne Australia to stand trial on charges of breaking into . Nuclear research and space Agency computer systems by Telephone and allegedly shutting Down a Nasa network in Norfolk va., for 24 hours. Nahshon even Chaim a computer science student at the Royal Melbourne Institute of technology who called himself Phoenix was charged with 47 counts of penetrating australian and . Computers and altering or deleting data said Lisa West of the department of Public prosecutions in Melbourne. In addition to the charge of shutting Down a computer system of the National aeronautics and space administration in Norfolk even Chaim on feb. 22,1990, West said even Chaim is accused of gaining unauthorized Access to computers of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and making unspecified a alterations to data Quot at the nuclear research facility. The Case is australians first test of Quot landmark legislation passed in 1989 to Deal with new computer crimes inadequately covered by previous Laws said Keith Livingston a spokesman for the australian Federal police in Melbourne. He said even Chaim and two alleged accomplices a fellow omit student and a 21-year-old computer Programmer were arrested in april 1990 Tor the hacking offences which were said to have been committed from february to March. The two others also face Legal proceedings Livingston said. An Fri spokesman confirmed the arrests but would not elaborate. Officials at nasal a Washington Headquarters said they were not familiar with the Case or the alleged shutdown of the Nasa computer system. A Livermore spokesman said the Laboratory referred its involvement to the department of Energy whose spokesman Joseph Karpinski said a no classified systems were  in Melbourne on wednesday at a pretrial hearing prosecutor Richard maid ment told the magistrates court that even Chaim used a Home computer and a Telephone to cause considerable mischief with his Hacker friends. Even chaims lawyer Felicity Hampel argued that All but one of the charges should be dropped because they applied to activities outside Australia that were not in the court s jurisdiction. But magistrate John Wilkinson rejected the arguments after two Days of hearings ordering the student to stand trial in a county court. Even Chaim who did not immediately enter a plea was released on $780 bail. The trial is expected within six months. Prosecutor Maidment told the court that in tampering with computers of a company he identified As exec com systems corp. Of Austin Texas even Chaim destroyed a number of records including the firm s Only inventory of its assets. He said Security efforts to counteract the hacking Cost the company an estimated australian police said even Chaim also broke into computers at the University of California at Berkeley the University of Wisconsin in Madison and Purdue University in Indiana. There was no word on what if any damage was done in those cases