Possible outcomes include: improving the quality and accessibility of information for consumers.
A ScriptCheck competitor, IntelliScript, moves more quickly and offers information for consumers on its website.
The boom in information for consumers has also severely weakened middle-market firms.
FICO has a Web site, ScoreInfo.org, which provides more information for consumers about the changes.
This could provide information for consumers such as understanding the best time to change the head of the toothbrush.
But on its Web site, the agency acknowledges receiving complaints that drug ads provide inadequate information for consumers.
The agency then provides information for consumers regarding the relative safety of those vehicles using a five-star rating system.
In fact, these labels are often used for retailers' quality control, while the key information for consumers, for food safety reasons, is the use-by date.
The more meaningful information for consumers is in "disclosure of performance, not disclosure of policies or business relationships," Mr. Hagel said.
The Internet provides loads of information for consumers and businesses, quickly and often, but it is also littered with Web sites that are woefully out of date.
But free legal information for consumers who want to do some research before they visit a lawyer is far less broadly available on the Web.
