Project OVERCOME
At least 42 million people do not have adequate Internet access to learn and work remotely, or effectively take advantage of telemedicine in the United States. One out of seven children lacks Internet access at home, increasing to nearly a third of households with an annual income of less than $20,000.
Consumer labeling schemes are an important component of consumer protection—they create mandatory and standard disclosures that consumers can rely on when selecting products and services. The label that probably comes to mind for most is the standardized Nutrition Facts label, which debuted in 1994 after a mandate by the USDA, that appears on all food packages in the United States. However many other industries currently use or are examining the future use of standardized labeling to help customers compare between different products using the same set of criteria. In August 2021 the U.S.
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