At a Washington, D.C. press conference, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) rolled out its version of the Redbook. The Redbook was developed by The Washington Alliance for a Competitive Economy (WashACE) in 2002 as a way to compare cost of doing business in all 50 states. The Redbook is updated every year by AWB and the Washington Research Council.
States, such as Nebraska and Oklahoma, contract with WashACE to publish their own version, which is customized for their state chambers.
On a national level, NAM contracts with WashACE to customize the Redbook and distributes it to organizations, media outlets and elected officials.
"We are proud of the fact that our publication has wide acceptance across the country," AWB President Don Brunell told the media attending the news conference. "It has helped to standardize cost competitiveness facts, figures and measurements so we can have a policy discussion over approaches to resolve problems and not bicker over whose statistics are correct."
WashACE is a partnership between the Association of Washington Business, Washington Roundtable, and Washington Research Council whose purpose is to promote sustained economic competitiveness for the State of Washington.
