Probe Into It Scheme As Top Civ Il Servant Sent Home 'Frogmarched' Out of Office

The Herald › June 07, 2006

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ONE of Scotland's most senior civil servants has been suspended while allegations of misconduct are investigated, dealing a further blow to the Scottish Executive's much vaunted public sector efficiency drive.

The multi-million pound e-HR Transformation Project, designed to computerise personnel services across all executive departments, was already in deep trouble - behind time, over budget, and subject to a review which could see it scrapped. Now the project manager, Susan Beevers, head of human resources, has been suspended while allegations of misconduct are investigated by another senior civil servant.

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Probe Into It Scheme As Top Civ Il Servant Sent Home 'Frogmarched' Out of Office

Colleagues were said to be shocked to see her escorted out of Saughton House in Edinburgh last Thursday. "She was basically frogmarched out...

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