{"id":2409550,"date":"2025-03-04T13:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ssa-details-over-800-million-in-savings-in-fiscal-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T14:00:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T19:00:42","slug":"ssa-details-over-800-million-in-savings-in-fiscal-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ssa-details-over-800-million-in-savings-in-fiscal-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"SSA details over $800 million in savings in fiscal 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fssa-details-over-800-million-in-savings-in-fiscal-2025%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2409550&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Social\u2063 Security Governance (SSA) has\u2063 announced a plan to save over $800 million for fiscal year 2025 by implementing various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-justify-amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-by-arguing-it-will-increase-deficit\/\" title=\"Democrats Justify Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants by Arguing It Will Increase Deficit\">cost-saving measures<\/a>. These include \u2062reevaluating \u200ccontracts and grants, reducing payroll through hiring freezes, and cutting down on overtime,\u200d which collectively account\u2062 for approximately $550\u200d million in savings. Additionally, the agency aims to minimize expenses \u2062in data technology by canceling\u2063 nonessential contracts, which will save around $150 million, \u200band by making notifications available online, thereby reducing postal costs for over 5\u200d million customers.<\/p>\n<p>Specific \u200csavings initiatives include the cancellation of approximately 60 office leases, which will result in $4 million in annual rent savings, and\u2064 procedural changes that eliminated $3 million through reduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unsolved-the-disappearance-of-vatican-girl-emanuela-orlandi\/\" title=\"Unresolved: Vatican Girl Emanuela Orlandi&#039;s Disappearance\">paper notices<\/a>. \u200dThe SSA&#8217;s acting \u200dCommissioner, Lee Dudek, emphasized that these changes are necessary for\u200c overcoming inefficiencies and improving\u200c service delivery, as the \u2063agency has \u2062historically functioned without significant adaptation \u2062to it&#8217;s operational processes.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u2064 ther have been concerns surrounding the\u200b Department of Government Efficiency&#8217;s reports of savings, with\u2062 scrutiny directed at\u2063 their credibility and methodology of tracking contract cancellations, highlighting a potential lack of coordination and accuracy in their claims. \u200cThis situation has brought additional \u200dattention to\u200c the SSA&#8217;s efforts to ensure fiscal prudence and \u200dopenness within its operations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Social Security Administration announces more than $800 million in savings<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1957899\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Social Security Administration<\/a> has identified $800 million in cost savings for fiscal 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The savings come from the SSA reevaluating contracts and grants, payroll, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-c-berkeley-advised-chinese-government-on-economic-decisions\/\" title=\"U.C. Berkeley Advised Chinese Government on Economic Decisions\">information technology<\/a>, consolidating office space, and making policy changes to travel and printing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For too long, SSA has operated on autopilot,&rdquo; acting SSA Commissioner Lee Dudek said in a statement. &ldquo;We have spent billions annually doing the same things the same way, leading to bureaucratic stagnation, inefficiency, and a lack of meaningful service improvements. It is time to change just that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The agency found the bulk of its savings from placing a hiring freeze on SSA Disability Determination Services and reducing overtime pay. A total of $550 million was recovered.<\/p>\n<p>The SSA&rsquo;s cancellation of nonessential contracts reduced the budget of the agency&rsquo;s Information Technology Systems by $150 million.<\/p>\n<p>Another $15 million in contracts and $15 million in grants were also canceled.<\/p>\n<p>The SSA also made SSA-1099 and SSA-1042 notices available online, leading to 5.4 million customers opting out of paper notices, a measure avoiding $3 million in costs. The agency also reported saving $28 million by moving to centrally print and mail notices rather than having <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">front-line staff print<\/a> and mail them locally.<\/p>\n<p>The SSA also canceled over 60 leases, which will yield $4 million in annual rent savings.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Department of Government Efficiency has struggled with false reports of savings, erasing $4 billion from its &ldquo;wall of receipts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday night, the group removed 1,000 contracts it had claimed to cancel from its website, representing more than 40% of all contracts listed on its site last week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3228342\/department-of-government-efficiency-what-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT IS DOGE? WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of these contracts DOGE has taken credit for were either already canceled under the Biden administration or even the Bush administration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Overall, there&rsquo;s a certain randomness to it,&rdquo; Jessica Riedl, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/03\/us\/politics\/doge-musk-contracts-wall.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> the <em>New York Times<\/em>. &ldquo;It seems like DOGE had certain agencies pull together some random lists of contracts that may or may not currently exist anyway, and then, without checking the data very well, uploaded it onto a website and summed up the amounts. 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