What to know about SBA funding for 2018 and beyond

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is scheduled to release its 2018 Federal Salary Survey (FSS) later this month, and the results are expected to show significant increases in the amount of money SBA employees will receive under the agency’s new merit pay program.
The FSS survey will be the first of its kind in the history of the Federal Government and will provide an overview of the agency and its workforce.
The report will show that the number of federal employees working for the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) has risen from 539,000 in 2016 to 715,000 as of June 2018, the agency announced in a statement.
The number of FERS employees is expected to grow by 6.5 percent annually over the next four years.
While the FSS data will provide a snapshot of the federal workforce, the report also shows that the SBA has made significant progress in recent years.
The Federal Government is estimated to have employed 1.2 million federal employees in fiscal year (FY) 2017.
That number was expected to rise to 1.3 million in FY 2018.
In that year, the number employed by the agency increased by nearly 30 percent from 446,000 to 477,000, and by more than 80 percent since the beginning of fiscal year 2017.
The SBA is also expected to make progress in the hiring of new hires.
The agency is expected make about a million hires in FY 2019, compared to nearly 400,000 last year.
That trend is expected continue through the coming years, with the SBIS hiring goal of more than 400,,000 hires in 2020.
The data also shows the agency is improving its retention rates.
The percentage of SBA positions held by individuals who have not worked for the agency in the last three years dropped from 31.9 percent in FY 2017 to 26.7 percent in 2019, a drop of more the 50.3 percent mark from the previous year.
In addition, the percentage of people who are still working for a federal agency dropped to 8.2 percent from 10.4 percent in 2018.
In 2019, the SBS will be a leader in workforce performance, according to the agency.
The SBA earned a grade of C+ for the overall performance of the workforce, and earned a C- for its ability to meet the needs of its workforce and attract and retain new talent.
The agency’s financial results are also expected show some positive trends.
Federal spending on salaries rose to $4.1 trillion in 2019 from $4,040 billion in 2018, according the agency statement.
That increase is the largest in nearly four years, the statement said.
Federal spending on benefits also rose in 2019 to $3.5 trillion from $2.8 trillion, a 4.7 percentage point increase.
The increase is still well below the 2.7 per cent average annual increase in the federal budget since 2020.
The total amount spent on benefits and salaries for the federal government rose $8.2 trillion, or 17.7 cents on the dollar, in 2019.