This isn't just NSA, but tech positions GOV wide. Lots of locations are requiring Contractors be put on an equivalent pay scale as the GOV employees, causing them both to look elsewhere... Why take a position with less stability and benefits, for the same, and in some cases less, pay.
This article came off as a big whine-fest... Yes, security is an issue. It always will be. Yes, we need to find a better way.. But without proposing a viable alternative or solution, it's just blah-blah, complaint-complaint.