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I thought about this as I was reading an expose published today on a NJ Senator potentially being investigated by the FBI for involvement with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic.</p>
<p>[Emails</a> show FBI investigating Sen. Bob Menendez for sleeping with underage Dominican prostitutes | The Daily Caller](<a href=“http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/25/emails-show-fbi-investigating-sen-bob-menendez-for-sleeping-with-underage-dominican-prostitutes/3/]Emails”>http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/25/emails-show-fbi-investigating-sen-bob-menendez-for-sleeping-with-underage-dominican-prostitutes/3/)</p>
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<p>That’s not entirely correct. The NSPS pertained to the Department of Defense. The majority of FLEO aren’t under the DoD.</p>
<p>While what you mentioned above is a problem with “pay bands”. The downside of the GS system is that outside of FLEO, it’s extremely hard to recruit entry-level hires with critical skills (ie. Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, etc.). The problem is that even if you could (and you probably can’t) bring them in as a GS-10, a defense contractor pays nearly 25k/year more. This sentiment is pretty pervasive when you read reviews on Glassdoor about the NSA.</p>