This episode looks at the role data standards play in financial markets, and why the proposed Financial Transparency Act (H.R. 2989) aims to improve them by preventing fraudulent activities and improving information for investors. During this episode will hear from John Bottega, President of the EDM Council and former Chief Data Officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Ken Lamar, Principal Partner of Lamar Associates LLC and Independent Senior Advisor to Deloitte and Touche LLP, and Ben Harris, former chief economist to then-Vice President Joe Biden, and current nominee Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the U.S. Treasury Department.