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- South Korea Letter of Intent to the IMF (December 24, 1997)
Government Record · 1997
Government of the Republic of Korea
South Korea's December 1997 letter to the IMF during the Asian financial crisis: as a condition of the bailout, it committed to open its economy to…
- SPDR Series Trust Form N-PX, ExxonMobil 2021 annual meeting
Corporate Filing · 2021
State Street Global Advisors / SPDR Series Trust
SPDR Series Trust N-PX filing covering the 2021 ExxonMobil meeting, where State Street backed two Engine No. 1 nominees (Hietala and Karsner). All three managers backed…
- Special Assessment Pursuant to Systemic Risk Determination: Board Memorandum
Government Record · 2023
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The original special assessment targeted estimated DIF losses attributable to protecting uninsured SVB and Signature depositors. Banks, not taxpayers, were the statutory payers.
- Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency, Meeting 6 Evidence
Transcript · 2022
House of Commons of Canada
Finance official Isabelle Jacques testified that approximately 280 financial products and about $8 million were affected. She stated that all accounts frozen in response to the…
- Special Prosecutor Dan K. Webb Concludes Investigation into the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and Chicago Police Department’s Handling of the Jussie Smollett Case
Government Record · 2020
Dan K. Webb, Special Prosecutor
Special prosecutor Dan Webb's August 2020 release announcing the end of his investigation. He found no evidence supporting criminal charges against State's Attorney Kim Foxx or…
- SpeechNow.org v. FEC (D.C. Cir. 2010)
Court Filing · 2010
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Federal appeals court, March 2010, full court: limits on contributions to groups that only make independent political spending are unconstitutional. With Citizens United, this ruling created…
- SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission, 599 F.3d 686 (D.C. Cir. 2010) (en banc)
Court Filing · 2010
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
D.C. Circuit opinion holding that contribution limits cannot be applied to a group that makes only independent expenditures, while upholding its registration and reporting duties.
- Stanford: Alex Stamos Biography (2026)
Document
Stanford University, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Stanford University biography: Alex Stamos was Yahoo's chief information security officer before joining Facebook. This contradicts claims that he went straight from a government intelligence job…
- Stanley Fischer submits resignation as a member of the Board of Governors, effective on or around October 13, 2017
Government Record · 2017
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Verifies Fischer’s resignation as Federal Reserve Vice Chair and effective date. A separate BlackRock announcement is needed to establish the later employment move.
- Stanley v. Illinois, 405 U.S. 645
Court Filing · 1972
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court held that a father was entitled to a hearing on his fitness as a parent before the state could take his children.
- State Department 3 FAM 3660: HAVANA Act Payments
Government Record · 2026
U.S. Department of State
State Department Foreign Affairs Manual: how HAVANA Act payments work, one-time, tax-free lump sums tied to the Senior Executive pay scale.
- State Department Inspector General: Inspection of the Global Engagement Center (2022)
Government Record · 2022
U.S. Department of State Office of Inspector General
State Department Inspector General, September 2022: found weaknesses at the Global Engagement Center in structure, contractor oversight, planning and risk reviews, and made 18 recommendations that…
- State Department: Address on the Cultural Presentations Program (1962)
Government Record · 1962
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian
A 1962 State Department speech on its Cultural Presentations Program, which sent American performing artists on tours abroad.
- State Department: Ambassador Satch (Louis Armstrong) Record Album
Government Record
U.S. Department of State / National Museum of American Diplomacy
The State Department's diplomacy museum on Louis Armstrong's "Ambassador Satch" tours: the State Department used jazz as Cold War cultural diplomacy.
- State Department: Global Engagement Center Closed (2024)
Government Record · 2024
U.S. Department of State
U.S. State Department archive page: records that the Global Engagement Center closed on December 23, 2024, and describes its foreign-focused mission. The department's own page.
- State Department: Havana Accountability Review Board (2018)
Government Record · 2018
U.S. Department of State Accountability Review Board
State Department Accountability Review Board, June 2018 (declassified): the department's response to the Havana incidents showed "a lack of senior leadership, ineffective communication, and systemic disorganization."
- State Department: NAFTA Investor-State Arbitrations
Government Record
U.S. Department of State
State Department: NAFTA Chapter 11 let foreign investors sue governments for money damages over policies, with links to the cases against the U.S.
- State Department: Report on the International Cultural Presentations Program (1961)
Government Record · 1961
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian
State Department 1961 report: the Cultural Presentations Program, begun in 1954, had put American performers in front of some 15 million people worldwide, at about $2.5…
- State Employees Search Amos Miller Farm, Seize Property
News Report · 2024
The Lancaster Patriot
Report says PDA employees, assisted by Pennsylvania State Police, searched the farm January 4 under a January 3 administrative warrant. It identifies Sheri Morris as affidavit…
- State of Texas et al. v. BlackRock, Inc., State Street Corp., and The Vanguard Group, Inc., Complaint, Document 1
Court Filing · 2024
Texas and ten other states
Original complaint alleges coordinated use of coal-company shareholdings to reduce output and raise prices, plus BlackRock consumer-protection claims. These are allegations, not established facts.
- State of Texas v. BlackRock, Inc., State Street Corp., and Vanguard Group, Inc. (Docket)
Court Filing · 2026
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (CourtListener copy)
The court docket for Texas v. BlackRock in the Eastern District of Texas, active through October 23, 2026. No settlement by BlackRock or State Street appears;…
- State Street Bank and Trust Company Voluntary Political Action Committee, 2022 Cycle
Government Record · 2022
Federal Election Commission
Identifies State Street’s registered PAC, C00072751, and reports 2021-2022 total receipts of $178,534.16 and contributions to other committees of $141,000.
- State Street Corporation 2022 Form 10-K
Corporate Filing · 2023
State Street Corporation
Reports lower fee revenue partly offsetting higher net interest income and a 16% AUM decline. The filing also states State Street is registered with the Federal…
- State Street Corporation 2025 Form 10-K
Corporate Filing · 2026
State Street Corporation
Latest 10-K reports $5,665 billion ($5.665 trillion) of assets under management at December 31, 2025.