# Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond Index Fund — new fund registration

VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FUNDS registered fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2017-10-20. Featured series: Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond Index Fund.

## Registration

- Registrant / trust: VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FUNDS
- CIK: 0001021882
- Form: 485APOS
- Filed: 2017-10-20
- State of incorporation: DE
- Accession: 0000932471-17-005512
- Reported net assets: $33.9B

## Series & classes (9)

| Series | Class | Ticker | New |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond Index Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000026859) | Admiral Shares | VSBSX | — |
| [Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond Index Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000026859) | Institutional Shares | VSBIX | — |
| [Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond Index Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000026859) | ETF Shares | VGSH | — |
| [Vanguard Intermediate-Term Government Bond Index Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000026860) | Admiral Shares | VSIGX | — |
| [Vanguard Intermediate-Term Government Bond Index Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000026860) | Institutional Shares | VIIGX | — |
| [Vanguard Intermediate-Term Government Bond Index Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000026860) | ETF Shares | VGIT | — |
| [Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond Index Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000026861) | Admiral Shares | VLGSX | — |
| [Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond Index Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000026861) | Institutional Shares | VLGIX | — |
| [Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond Index Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000026861) | ETF Shares | VGLT | — |

## Fees (from the effective prospectus)

- 12b-1 fee: 0.00%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.06%
- Management fee: 0.05%
- Net expense ratio: 0.12%
- Other expenses: 0.01%

## Investment objective

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF, an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund (the Fund), seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted Treasury index with a short-term dollar-weighted average maturity.

## Advisers

- [The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Advisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/105958)

## Other filings by this registrant (8)

- [485APOS — 2024-12-23](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001683863-24-009466)
- [485APOS — 2022-10-11](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001683863-22-006693)
- [485APOS — 2018-05-21 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000932471-18-006048)
- [485APOS — 2017-08-22 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000932471-17-004817)
- [485APOS — 2010-06-24 (14 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000932471-10-002288)
- [485APOS — 2009-12-22 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000932471-09-001986)
- [485APOS — 2009-08-11 (21 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000932471-09-001255)
- [485APOS — 2003-03-28](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000932471-03-000398)

## More

- [Registrant profile: VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FUNDS](https://search.stillhousedata.com/registrant/1021882)
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