Agency records show examples, contacts and speech preparation circulating through the State Financial Officers Foundation.
How the network operated
- A 2020 event sponsor listing names the Israel Bonds seller. Listing, p. 1.
- A November 2024 newsletter circulates another state’s purchase as an example. Newsletter, pp. 4–6.
- April 2025 records document preparation of an unclaimed-property speech and a scheduled appearance. They provide context for the official’s SFOF relationship; the published speech draft is not an Israel Bonds pitch. Preparation and scheduling do not independently establish delivery. Speech-preparation context.
- A June 2025 Auditor-office message offers to connect contacts with officials in other member states. Message, p. 1.
These records show a route for promotional examples and official contacts. They do not show that SFOF made Arkansas’s pension decisions or establish undisclosed payments.
Where financial responsibility remained
Advocates, sellers and public officials can promote an investment. Pension members still need the financial case for the commitment. That case should be readable alongside the promotional record.
People and institutional roles · The proposed written safeguards.
Source recordsSFOF newsletter circulating a state purchaseFOIA Response 6-18-25 / State Auditors Emails / Milligan / 🗳️ Pre-Election Update from the States - 4 nov 24.pdf, physical pages 4-6Post-action member-state contact facilitationFOIA Response 6-25-25 / Stacy Peterson mailbox / Sent Items / Re Policy Zoom_1.pdf, physical page 1SFOF speech preparation and scheduled presentationFOIA Response 6-25-25 / Jason Brady mailbox / Sent Items / update sfof speech.pdf, physical page 1; schedule cross-check dated April 14 for an April 24 slot in Jason Brady mailbox / Inbox / FW Auditor Milligan - Presentation Time.pdf, physical page 12020 SFOF event sponsor listingEnd of Year Letter from Treasurer Milligan.pdf, physical page 1