Yes it is and, why not? If anyone ought to give any credibility to what you say on a subject, one needs to know your expertise and experience on the subject. Does that sound that fair enough? And neither of those 2 pieces of information is normally compromise your privacy in any manner.

But the fact that you are so sensitive to this question of mine tells me a lot. Basically you are just a kid with little experience in the bid bad world. Why should anyone take you seriously on your experience with bureaucracies when others have an experience to the contrary?

(I was hoping that you are someone with experience on making a bureaucracy work consistently in one's favor, other's could use your expertise.)