That sounds like a USDS† position. My understanding is that they do things that way due to unstable budgets, because their pay is out of whack compared to the r

That sounds like a USDS† position. My understanding is that they do things that way due to unstable budgets, because their pay is out of whack compared to the rest of the government (because pay at an equivalent position outside of the government is much higher). † https://www.usds.gov/faq https://www.usds.gov/faq