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finalizes location consolidation</a> </h2> <h3 class="river-item-dek">The agency made more important moves Friday. </h3> <ul class="story-meta list-unstyled text-uppercase story-meta-river-item"> <li class="story-meta-byline"> <span class='format-authors'>Frank Konkel</span> </li> <li class="story-meta-date"> <time datetime="2025-03-30T15:32:24+00:00" >March 30, 2025</time> </li> </ul> <div class="rule-dots-1 dots-0 d-sm-none river-item-divider"></div> </div> </div> <div id="tsp-ticker-module"> <div class="tsp-title"> <div class="row header title"> <div class="col text-center">TSP TICKER</div> </div> </div>  <div class="tsp-content d-none d-md-block"> <div class="row header"> <div class="col-3">FUND</div> <div class="col">G</div> <div class="col">F</div> <div class="col">C</div> <div class="col">S</div> <div class="col">I</div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-3">APR 01 CLOSE</div> <div class="col">$18.9665</div> <div class="col">$20.0747</div> <div class="col">$89.2888</div> <div class="col">$82.5371</div> <div class="col">$44.0553</div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-3">DAILY CHANGE</div> <div class="col positive"> 0.0022 </div> <div class="col positive"> 0.0560 </div> <div class="col positive"> 0.3387 </div> <div class="col positive"> 0.4439 </div> <div class="col positive"> 0.2126 </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-3">THIS MONTH (%)</div> <div class="col positive"> 0.01 </div> <div class="col positive"> 0.28 </div> <div class="col positive"> 0.38 </div> <div class="col positive"> 0.54 </div> <div class="col positive"> 0.48 </div> </div> <div class="row header lifecycle"> <div class="col-3">FUND</div> <div class="col">L 2060</div> <div class="col">L 2050</div> <div class="col">L 2040</div> <div class="col">L 2030</div> <div class="col">L INCOME</div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-3">APR 01 CLOSE</div> <div class="col">$17.3376</div> <div class="col">$34.6196</div> <div class="col">$57.4771</div> <div 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class="river-item-hed-link hover-group-member" >Court allows Trump to fire appeals board member, which could ‘trap in legal limbo’ feds fighting terminations and RIFs </a> </h2> <h3 class="river-item-dek">Appeals court has paused a lower court ruling blocking the firing one-third of MSPB's central board, creating a crisis for the agency.</h3> <ul class="story-meta list-unstyled text-uppercase story-meta-river-item"> <li class="story-meta-byline"> <span class='format-authors'>Eric Katz</span> </li> <li class="story-meta-date"> <time datetime="2025-03-28T21:52:04+00:00" >March 28, 2025</time> </li> </ul> <div class="rule-dots-1 dots-0 d-sm-none river-item-divider"></div> </div> </div> <div class="river-item hover-group js-river " data-date-published="2025-03-28 17:22:00" data-date-created="2025-03-28 17:02:42" > <div class="river-item-img-container hidden-md " > <a 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