Carnegie Mellon University

Coordinates: 40°26′36″N 79°56′37″W / 40.443322°N 79.943583°W / 40.443322; -79.943583 Carnegie Mellon University (also known as Carnegie Mellon or simply CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university began as the Carnegie Technical Schools, founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1900. In 1912, the school became Carnegie Institute of Technology and began granting four-year degrees. In 1967, the Carnegie Institute of Technology merged with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research to form Carnegie Mellon University. The University’s 140-acre (0.57 km2) main campus is 3 miles (4.8 km) from Downtown Pittsburgh and abuts the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Schenley Park, and the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in the city's Oakland neighborhood, partially extending into Squirrel Hill and Shadyside.

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Campaign Finance

$156,406 Given
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Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

covers through Q3 2012

  • Top Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.

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View all campaign finance data for Carnegie Mellon University Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Lobbying

$660,000 Spent
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Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers roughly through Q3, 2012

Lobbying on Behalf of Carnegie Mellon University

  • Names of Lobbyists
  • Firm Hired Amount
    Carnegie Mellon University $660,000
  • Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues
    • Energy & Nuclear Power,
    • Defense,
    • Economics & Econ Development,
    • Education,
    • Environment & Superfund,
    • Fed Budget & Appropriations,
    • Foreign Relations,
    • Health Issues,
    • Science & Technology,
    • Transportation
  • Most Frequently Disclosed Bills
    Bill No. Title
    H.R.6
    S.14 A bill to establish a Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies.
    S.23 Patent Reform Act of 2011
    H.R.2354 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
    H.R.7 Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2012
    H.R.4281 Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012
    H.R.4348 Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Act of 2012
    S.1813 MAP-21
    S.3240 Farm bill
View all lobbying data for Carnegie Mellon University Sources: Lobbyist Registration Tracker OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

Mentioned in 93 dockets; Submitted to 4 dockets
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All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated daily from Regulations.gov by way of Docket Wrench

The tables show occurrences of "Carnegie Mellon University" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

Federal Spending

34 grants; 33 contracts; 19 loans
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Federal grants, contracts and loans are reported by federal agencies using the FPDS and FAADS systems. The data is made available to the public at USASpending.gov. Please note that the completeness and quality of the data varies greatly by agency.

Only grants, contracts and loans with amounts over $1 million are shown.

Because company names are not reported in a standardized manner, we cannot reliably determine the company receiving the contract or award. The results shown here are based on a search for the company name. Individual records may be missed or erroneously included because of name variations. For more information, please see our federal spending methodology page.

covers through USASpending.gov's Sept. 15, 2012 release for contracts and Oct. 19, 2012 for grants.

Note: Company names in federal spending data are not standardized. The table below is included only as a sample of what is available in the data and has not been reviewed for accuracy or completeness. To investigate the data further, use the links at the bottom of the table.

Type Recipient Name Year Agency Description Amount
contract
 Carnegie Mellon University 2011 FUNDING OBLIGATION $43,290,168
contract
 Carnegie Mellon University 2012 OBLIGATE AND DE-OBLIGATE FUNDING FOR CMU/SEI $32,740,741
contract
 Carnegie Mellon University 2011 SEI FUNDING OBLIGATION $20,419,990
contract
 Carnegie Mellon University 2011 SEI FUNDING OBLIGATION $18,374,942
contract
 Carnegie Mellon University 2012 CMU SEI FUNDING MOD $16,688,760
contract
 Carnegie Mellon University 2011 SEI FUNDING OBLIGATION $15,988,206
contract
 Carnegie Mellon University 2011 CMU SEI FUNDING MODIFICATION $9,891,564
loan
 Carnegie Mellon University 2012 Education, Department Of DL BASE RECORD 2011-2012 $8,395,114
loan
 Carnegie Mellon University 2012 Education, Department Of DL BASE RECORD 2011-2012 $8,163,910
loan
 Carnegie Mellon University 2012 Education, Department Of DL BASE RECORD 2011-2012 $8,163,910
View all grant & loan data for Carnegie Mellon University View all contract data for Carnegie Mellon University Sources: USASpending.gov

Advisory Committees

112 people on 36 committees
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Data is based on disclosures required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Matches are based on the occurrence of the company name in the committee member affiliation. Variations in company names may cause some matches to be missed.

The table shows only the top 10 agencies. To search and download raw records from the complete dataset see the FACA data section.

covers through 2011

Table shows employees of "Carnegie Mellon University" that sat on federal advisory committees.

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle National Science Foundation 101 people on 21 committees
  • Toggle Department of Defense 2 people on 6 committees
  • Toggle Department of Commerce 3 people on 3 committees
  • Toggle Department of Energy 2 people on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Homeland Security 2 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Environmental Protection Agency 2 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of Health and Human Services 1 person on 1 committee
View all advisory committee data for Carnegie Mellon University