# Treasury's Data Transparency Push Brings 250 Years of Federal Finance Into Focus | AI GovCast Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090/treasury-s-data-transparency-push-brings-250-years-of-federal-finance-into-focus-ai-govcast Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090/treasury-s-data-transparency-push-brings-250-years-of-federal-finance-into-focus-ai-govcast.md Podcast: [GovCIO Media & Research Podcasts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090) Published: 2026-07-02T15:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://govciomedia.com/podcasts/ Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/governmentcio-media-govcast/AI_GovCast_Justin_Cole_audio.mp3?dest-id=785468 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090/episodes/treasury-s-data-transparency-push-brings-250-years-of-federal-finance-into-focus-ai-govcast Duration seconds: 575 ## Resource Justin Cole, director of data transparency at the Treasury Department's Bureau of Fiscal Service, outlined a new initiative highlighting the nation's oldest continuously updated federal financial data ahead of the U.S. 250th anniversary. He explained how Treasury is expanding access to trusted spending, revenue and debt data while embracing AI as another way for the public to discover authoritative information. Cole also shared how industry can build new tools that make government data more accessible and useful. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090/episodes/treasury-s-data-transparency-push-brings-250-years-of-federal-finance-into-focus-ai-govcast/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090/treasury-s-data-transparency-push-brings-250-years-of-federal-finance-into-focus-ai-govcast.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.