Comments filed electronically in relation to the HHS administrative simplification initiative were stored automatically in a database, and the comments were then publicly available via the initiative's web site.
Access to the comments were restricted to the initiative members only.
mnli hypothesis: Access to the comments were restricted to the initiative members only. premise: Comments filed electronically in relation to the HHS administrative simplification initiative were stored automatically in a database, and the comments were then publicly available via the initiative's web site.