Some changes are upcoming in the leadership of the congressional panels that handle civil service policies and spending levels, with House civil service subcommittee Rep. David Weldon, R-Fla., giving up that seat to take a position on the Appropriations Committee. Weldon, a physician, had focused mainly on Federal Employees Health Benefits program issues and the concept of creating a cafeteria-style federal benefits program since taking over in mid-2001 after the resignation from Congress of the former chairman, Rep. Joe Scarborough, R-Fla. Rep. Jo Ann Davis, R-Va., a second-term member with a scant record on civil service issues-although she has served on a federal technology and procurement subcommittee-is in line to take over the position. Rep. Ernest Istook, R-Okla., will remain head of the Treasury-Postal appropriations subcommittee, the panel that writes the spending bills covering federal benefit programs and general government operations.