; and (B) is not otherwise barred or prohibited from serving as Director under Federal ethics laws and regulations, by reason of post-employment conflict of interest. (2) The Director shall be paid at the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5. (j) Staff (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Director, with the approval of the Commission, may appoint and fix the pay of additional personnel. (2) The Director may make such appointments without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, and any personnel so appointed may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that an individual so appointed may not receive pay in excess of the annual rate of basic pay payable for GS–15 of the General Schedule. (3) (A) Not more than two-thirds of the personnel employed by or detailed to the Commission may be on detail from the Department. (B) Not more than half of the professional analysts of the Commission staff may be persons detailed from the Department to the Commission. (4) Subject to paragraph (3), the head of any Federal agency, upon the request of the Director, may detail any of the personnel of that agency to the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties under this section. (5) The Commission may secure directly from any Federal agency such information as the Commission considers necessary to carry out this section. Upon request of the Chair, the head of such agency shall furnish such information to the Commission, unless such information is classified. (k) Other authority (1) The Commission may procure by contract, to the extent funds are available, the temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants pursuant to section 3109 of title 5. (2) To the extent funds are available, the Commission may lease real property and acquire personal property either of its own