It may be a new word to most of us but the Western Mail has now learned that the House of Commons spent more than £450,000 on redacting those MPs’ expense claim forms.
The £451,966 of public money spent on redacting the information before publication only includes costs until the end of March, with the final figure likely to be higher.
Who knew that black ink was so expensive?
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– July 3, 2009
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It’s amazing how large that figure is when taking into consideration that redaction software is relatively inexpensive.
A good example of cost effective redaction software is ‘RapidRedact’, the software is capable of automatically redacting thousands of documents per day with powerful tools available to customize the process all while keeping costs at a minimum.
The software’s website (www.rapidredact.com) provides a plethora of information about redaction and a free demonstration of the software.
I believe the actual software used for the MP Expense document redaction project was e-Redact that is available with full UK 24-Hour Helpline Support from http://www.e-redact.co.uk