In general submitting comments on a government action is completely visible to everyone. As a favor to a colleague I once did some data-analysis for public com

In general submitting comments on a government action is completely visible to everyone. As a favor to a colleague I once did some data-analysis for public comments. She just shipped me everyone's data. I asked if that was legal and was told that she was required to give it to anyone who asks. This feels weird for a web-comment BBS, but it's totally normal for the government requesting comments on policy.