Contractor unaware documents sensitive

FDA did not inform Quality Associates Inc. that documents the contractor inadvertently made publicly accessible were sensitive or contained personally identifiable information, according to an official work contract. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the contract as part of a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg asking for information related to the agency's interactions with the document management company, which in May posted the documents on its unsecure server. The documents, which are no longer publicly accessible, included information obtained by monitoring the computer activities of five FDA employees who were suspected of leaking information to Congress and the press (see BioCentury, July 23). ...