of federal law. According to the Commission’s Chief Information Officer, Alec Palmer, the NIST Study is the type of assessment “that, if publicly disclosed, could be used by persons with malicious objectives to do great harm.” Id. ¶ 19. Palmer asserts that “information contained in the NIST Study could be used to gain unlawful access to the Commission’s technology systems, obtain and manipulate sensitive and confidential data about candidates, officeholders, party committees, and others who interact with the Commission, or obtain and manipulate data stored within the Commission’s systems regarding [Commission] enforcement matters.” Id. Further, Palmer explains that a person with access to the NIST Study “could use the information contained [therein] to seriou 109,113-14 (D.D.C. 2012) (<HOLDING>), ajfd sub nom. Skinner v. Bureau of Alcohol,
holding that requests for metadata and database schema of law enforcement information databases qualify for exemption under 7e holding that numerical codes used to identify information and individuals as well as codes related to procedures concerning the use of law enforcement resources and databases  and case program and access codes were properly withheld under exemption 7e holding that computer transaction and function codes that reveal how to navigate and retrieve information from a law enforcement database were properly withheld under exemption 7e holding that reasonable access includes general facility access without notice and patient access with twentyfour hour notice holding that user access codes that facilitated access to a law enforcement database were properly redacted under exemption 7e