University of Alabama

Child Organization: University of Alabama/Birmingham

The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA, or colloquially as 'Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1831, it is the flagship university of the University of Alabama System. Within Alabama, it is often called "the Capstone". UA is the senior and the largest in terms of enrollment of the state's major research universities, the others being rival Auburn University and fellow UA System institutions the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$18,441 Given
Information

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.

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  • Top Recipients

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

  • Republicans vs. Democrats

    in dollars. "Other" includes 3rd parties and organizations without official party affiliation.

  • State vs. Federal

    in dollars

  • Top PAC Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.
View all campaign finance data for University of Alabama Sources: OpenSecrets.org FollowTheMoney.org

Lobbying

$270,000 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 through Q3, 2011

Lobbying On Behalf of University of Alabama

View all lobbying data for University of Alabama Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

16 Mentions; 2 Submissions
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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 from Regulations.gov on September 27, 2011

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

  • Documents Submitted by the Organization
    • Submissions
    • Agency
    • Docket
    • Date
    • Toggle 1 CPSC Petition Requesting Non-See-Through Packaging for Torch Fuel and Lamp Oil 2011
    • Toggle 1 HHS HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act 2011
  • Mentions in Document Text
    • Mentions
    • Agency
    • Docket
    • Date
    • Toggle 2 EPA Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired, Electric Utility, Industrial-Commercial-Institutional, and Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Unit 2011
    • Toggle 1 NOAA Upper Klamath and Trinity Rivers Basin Chinook Salmon 2011
    • Toggle 1 FDA Draft Guidance for Industry; Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues 2011
    • Toggle 1 FWS Revise the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife for the Gray Wolf ( Canis lupus ) in the Eastern United States 2011
    • Toggle 1 CPSC Petition Requesting Non-See-Through Packaging for Torch Fuel and Lamp Oil 2011
    • Toggle 1 WHD Child Labor Regulations, Orders and Statements of Interpretation; Child Labor Violations—Civil Money Penalties 2011
    • Toggle 1 BOEM Supplemental Exploration Plan 2011
    • Toggle 1 NHTSA Denial of Petition for Rulemaking for School Buses 2011
    • Toggle 1 FDA Initiate a Rulemaking Procedure to Adjust the Text of a Smokeless Tobacco ("ST") Product Warning Label Statement 2011
    • Toggle 1 FWS Revised critical habitat for southwestern willow flycatcher 2011

Federal Spending

7 grants; 449 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 March 1, 2012 release

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
loan
 University Of Alabama 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $154,492,387
loan
 University Of Alabama 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $154,492,387
loan
 University Of Alabama 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $154,492,387
loan
 University Of Alabama 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $154,492,387
loan
 University Of Alabama 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $154,492,387
loan
 University Of Alabama 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $154,492,387
loan
 University Of Alabama 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $154,492,387
loan
 University Of Alabama 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $154,492,387
loan
 University Of Alabama 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $154,492,387
loan
 University Of Alabama 2011 Ed 2010-2011 DL BASE RECORD $154,492,387
View all grant & loan data for University of Alabama View all contract data for University of Alabama Sources: USASpending.gov

Advisory Committees

87 people on 34 committees
Information

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.

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

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle National Science Foundation 70 people on 23 committees
  • Toggle Department of Health and Human Services 9 people on 6 committees
  • Toggle National Endowment for the Humanities 3 people on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Veterans Affairs 3 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of State 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1 person on 1 committee
View all advisory committee data for University of Alabama