The AHA’s Congressional Briefing on the history of the federal civil service is now available to watch on C-SPAN’s website. This April 2025 briefing featured panelists Joseph A. McCartin (Georgetown Univ.), Margaret Rung (Roosevelt Univ.), and Eric S. Yellin (Univ. of Richmond) explaining how the federal government’s bureaucracy has evolved over time. Topics included who has been eligible for federal employment, processes of federal hiring and how they have changed over time, and the role of unions.