The Social Security Administration has announced it has identified more than $800 million in savings for fiscal year 2025 according to a press release.

The largest amount of savings, about $550 million, was in payroll by freezing hiring and drastically cutting back on overtime.

Another $150 million was saved from the information technology systems budget by canceling “nonessential contracts and identifying reductions in other ITS contracts.”

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