University of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas, often shortened to U of A, UARK, or just UA, is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Founded as Arkansas Industrial University in 1871, its present name was adopted in 1899 and classes were first held in February 1872. It is noted for its strong architecture, agriculture (particularly animal science and poultry science), creative writing, history, Middle Eastern Studies and business programs.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$18,180 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.

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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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    Individuals
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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 Arkansas Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Lobbying

$120,000 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.

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Lobbying On Behalf of University of Arkansas

  • Names of Lobbyists
  • Firm Hired Amount
    Arent Fox LLP $120,000
  • Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues
    • Fed Budget & Appropriations,
    • Health Issues,
    • Medicare & Medicaid
  • Most Frequently Disclosed Bills
    Bill No. Title
    H.R.5136 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
View all lobbying data for University of Arkansas Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

16 Mentions; 1 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 Arkansas" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

  • Documents Submitted by the Organization
    • Submissions
    • Agency
    • Docket
    • Date
    • Toggle 1 NRCS Proposed Changes to National Handbook of Conservation Practices 2011
  • Mentions in Document Text
    • Mentions
    • Agency
    • Docket
    • Date
    • Toggle 3 NRCS Proposed Changes to National Handbook of Conservation Practices 2011
    • Toggle 2 APHIS Monsanto Co.; Availability of Petition, Plant Pest Risk Assessment, and Environmental Assessment for Determination of Nonregulated Status for Corn Genetically Engineered for Drought Tolerance 2011
    • Toggle 2 EPA NESHAP for Secondary Lead Smelting Amendments Based on the Risk and Technology Review 2011
    • Toggle 1 TTB Proposed Addition of New Grape Variety Names for American Wines 2011
    • Toggle 1 FWS Frigid Ambersnail 2011
    • Toggle 1 APHIS Monsanto Co.; Availability of Petition, Plant Pest Risk Assessment, and Environmental Assessment for Determination of Nonregulated Status for Soybean Genetically Engineered to Have a Modified Fatty Acid Profile and for Tolerance to the Herbicide Glyphosate 2011
    • Toggle 1 EPA Deferral of Application of the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Title V Programs to CO2 emissions from Bioenergy and Other Biogenic Sources 2011
    • Toggle 1 EPA GHG New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Utilities 2011
    • Toggle 1 EPA Integrated Science Assessment for Lead (Pb) 2011
    • Toggle 1 FWS Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations for the 2011-12 Season 2011

Advisory Committees

55 people on 31 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.

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

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle National Science Foundation 47 people on 23 committees
  • Toggle Department of Agriculture 3 people on 3 committees
  • Toggle Department of the Interior 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Commerce 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle National Endowment for the Humanities 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Health and Human Services 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Defense 1 person on 1 committee
View all advisory committee data for University of Arkansas