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Author: School of Government ITD Applications Team

May a local government or public authority that provides utility or public enterprise services disclose its customer billing information in each of the following scenarios? (a)  A customer’s relative wants to know if the customer is delinquent on his utility payments;(b)  A prospective home-buyer wants to know the average utility usage by the current owner-customer;

May a local government or public authority that provides utility or public enterprise services disclose its customer billing information in each of the following scenarios? (a)  A customer’s relative wants to know if the customer is delinquent on his utility payments;(b)  A prospective home-buyer wants to know the average utility usage by the current owner-customer;

You’ve just received bids on a construction project estimated (by your engineer) to cost about $2 million.  The lowest bid is for $1.5 million, and the next highest bid is $1.9 million, with the other bids ranging from $2.1 million to $2.3 million.  After reviewing the bids, you think the lowest bidder must have made a mistake, but you can’t tell where the mistake is.  What should you do?What you shouldn’t do

You’ve just received bids on a construction project estimated (by your engineer) to cost about $2 million.  The lowest bid is for $1.5 million, and the next highest bid is $1.9 million, with the other bids ranging from $2.1 million to $2.3 million.  After reviewing the bids, you think the lowest bidder must have made a mistake, but you can’t tell where the mistake is.  What should you do?What you shouldn’t do