Worked with security protected information - had to quit for the day

Unlike many other authorities, the Government Office rarely has cases in the Personnel Responsibility Board. Officials and other employees instead receive severance pay for quitting.

In the past two years, 17 people have been bought out - for a total of SEK 6.5 million, DN's review shows.

The reason why the Government Office has wanted to end the employment is shrouded in secrecy.

One of those who was forced to leave the Government Office this year is a long-standing official who worked with security-protected information management. The job description included, among other things, handling "classified or security-protected information" and taking care of data flows in signal protection systems.

The official was made redundant this summer. Shortly afterwards, the person signed an agreement in which he received the equivalent of 16 monthly wages - SEK 620,000 - to quit.

She left the workplace the same day.

To DN, the former civil servant says that she resigned because she had got a new job.

- I left to do other things. I have gone to another workplace. Beyond that, I will not leave any further comments.

If you go to another workplace, you just resign, right?

- As I said, I have no further comments to make.

According to information to DN, the official lost his security class. The official confirms that she got rid of the security class - but believes that it was because she left the Government Office.

Another official who also left the Government Office on the day worked for the Ministry of Finance's budget department. He received eight months' wages to quit.

DN has applied to the Government Office, which does not want to appear for an interview.

In an email, the agency's press service writes: "The Government Office, among other things, for privacy reasons, does not go into matters relating to the relationship between the employer and individual employees."

Why did you buy out an employee who had gotten a new job?

"As we have previously answered, the Government Office does not go into matters relating to the relationship between the employer and individual employees."