"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. Colleagues were said to be shocked to see her escorted out of Saughton House in Edinburgh last Thursday. "She was basically frogmarched out
the building and had her pass removed," said one source.Ms Beevers, who is on a salary scale that goes up to £86,000, is close to the top of the ladder, answerable to Paul Pagliari, the director of change and corporate services, who in turn reports to John Elvidge, Scotland's top mandarin."
But the same article reports:
"A spokeswoman for the executive said yesterday: "Susan Beevers has been suspended pending an investigation into allegations of misconduct. It was all done under the normal procedure."We cannot say anything further at this stage because it is being investigated, but it is not related to the investigation into the e-HR project."
If it is not related to the e-HR project, why is The Herald giving it so much prominence?
I understand Ms Beevers has not had a traditional civil service career but is a relatively recent (within the last three years) direct recruit from outside the service.
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