Judy Marks, CEO of Siemens‘ U.S. subsidiary, has been selected for membership on the Commerce Department‘s Investment Advisory Council.

The department said Monday that Marks joins 15 other IAC members who aim to identify  and implement strategies to increase investment opportunities in the country.

“Judy’s knowledge and experience will no doubt be invaluable as we set out to encourage further growth and investment in the U.S.,” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said.

“I am honored to serve on the U.S. Investment Advisory Council and look forward to working with Commerce Secretary Ross and the entire IAC to further strengthen our nation’s economy and competitiveness,” said Marks, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017.

According to the department, Siemens has invested more than $35 billion in the country over the past 15 years and trains workers for manufacturing jobs through the company’s apprenticeship program.

Other members of IAC include:

• Mark Beariault of Kudelski Group
• Chris Camacho of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council
• Nikia Clarke of the World Trade Center in San Diego
• Jeffrey Finkle of the International Economic Development Council
• Jane Garvey of LaGuardia Gateway Partners
• Mani Iyer of Mahindra North America
• Peter Lowy of Westfield
• Elie Maalouf of InterContinental Hotels Group
• Kenny McDonald of Columbus 2020
• Ying McGuire of Technology Integration Group
• Nancy McLernon of the Organization for International Investment
• Jan Rodgers of the Regional Economic Development for Eastern Idaho
• Catherine Smith of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
• Irene Spanos of the Oakland Count, Michigan, Economic Development and Community Affairs
• Charlton Whipple of the Southern Economic Development Council
• Jeffrey Wilson of Gestamp North America and Gestamp Asia Pacific Corp.

The Office of Personnel Management will remove 21 white collar and wage grade occupations from the pay tables on March 1, 2018.

OPM said Wednesday the canceled general service and wage grade occupational series have approximately 25 or less federal employees across agencies that report to OPM’s Enterprise Human Resources Integration Data Warehouse.

The 10 white collar job titles that will be canceled include coding, insurance accounts and cryptography.

OPM will also cancel 11 craft, trades and craft job titles such as metal tank and radiator repairing, chemical equipment repairing and chemical plant operating occupations.

The agency released the memorandum for canceled positions nearly four months after it proposed to scrap 37 occupations.

OPM said it expects agencies to complete the reclassification of impacted job posts within a year and that agencies may create official titles in compliance with the Introduction to the Federal Wage System Job Grading System and Introduction to the Position Classification Standards.

The Defense Department has submitted for review by the Office of Management and Budget a supplemental DoD budget request for fiscal 2017, Defense News reported Friday.

Lt. Col. Eric Badger, a DoD spokesman, was quoted by Defense News as saying the department’s budget amendment material will not affect its ongoing push for the passage of a full-year appropriations package in Congress.

The House on Wednesday approved a $577.9 billion budget for DoD’s national security programs in FY 2017, up $5.2 billion from the enacted funding level a year ago.

Gen. David Goldfein, chief of staff at the U.S. Air Force and an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, told reporters in February that the service branch would request funds to conduct a flight demonstration of a light attack aircraft.

Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Oklahoma) has called on lawmakers to provide funding support to military space programs and the Federal Aviation Administration’s office of commercial space transportation, Space News reported Thursday.

Phillip Swarts writes Bridenstine, one of the potential candidates for the NASA administrator post, said at a House Appropriations Committee’s defense appropriations subpanel hearing Thursday that the Air Force should be given approximately $30 million in funds to support responsive launch demonstrations.

Other military space initiatives that he wants Congress to support include the Defense Department’s Space Test Program, Protected Tactical Service for secure communications and the Air Force’s Enterprise Ground Services program for satellite control.

Bridenstine also urged his fellow legislators during his appearance before the transportation subcommittee to provide adequate funding for FAA’s AST office in support of upcoming space launches and give the office a budget increase in 2018.

“I’m requesting that the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation… be funded to the tune of $23 million,” he added, according to the report.

The General Services Administration has postponed the announcement of its selected location for the new FBI headquarters until it secures congressional funding to support the $1 billion project, Federal News Radio reported Friday.

Meredith Somers writes GSA was originally scheduled to announce its chosen site for the FBI HQ consolidation project in December but pushed back its decision to March.

“GSA and FBI have worked diligently since the fall issuance of the revised schedule,” said a spokeswoman for GSA.

“Appropriations are necessary in order for us to make an announcement and move forward with the next critical steps under the [National Environmental Policy Act] NEPA process and ultimately make an award.”

GSA and FBI consider Landover and Greenbelt Metro in Maryland and a warehouse complex in Springfield, Virginia, as candidate sites for the bureau’s new facility, according to the report.

The delay in the announcement comes nearly two months after GSA issued a request for proposals for the second phase of the FBI HQ construction project.