New Videos from the Library of Congress, August 5

Music, Magnets & Veteran Entrepreneurs Watch these videos just added to the Library of Congress website. Homegrown from Home: Jay Ungar & Molly Mason American roots music duo Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, best known for their work on the soundtrack of Ken Burns's PBS documentary series, "The Civil War," including the original composition "Ashokan Farewell," which became the musical centerpiece of the Grammy-winning soundtrack, perform in concert. Conversation with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Gil Kalish and Ian Rosenbaum of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center talk about their work with composer George Crumb before the performance of a new co-commissioned percussion quintet supported by the Irving and Verna Fine Fund. Write. Right. Rite. With Jason Reynolds Jason Reynolds, seventh National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, challenges kids to create a refrigerator magnet that encapsulates the best moment of their lives in the 26th installment of the "Write. Right. Rite." video series. Veteran Entrepreneurship and Post Traumatic Stress Every veteran has stories to tell, but those stories don't end when they leave the military, nor do they leave all of their wounds and traumas behind. In this panel, veteran entrepreneurs tell their stories of starting a business, and veteran advocates will speak on how they have helped vets achieve their goals of self-employment.

Partial Federal Government Shutdown – GPO Remains Open

As of the close of business today December 21, 2018 (5:30 pm EST), the GPO was notified that the U.S. Congress had not passed Federal Government appropriations to operate some Federal Government agencies beyond December 21, 2018. GPO, as a legislative branch agency, will be operating after December 21, 2018 because its operating budget was passed and signed by the President. In light of the shutdown, the following are updates on the statuses of GPO services.

• The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) will be available, however GPO cannot ensure that all PURLs pointing to other Federal agency resources will work during this time. PURLs may point to content on agency websites where funding has not been approved past the December 21, 2018 deadline. All other CGP functionality will continue as usual and will not be affected.
• FDLP.gov, govinfo, the FDLP Web Archive, and Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government will not be affected and will continue to operate as usual.

GPO will update the FDLP community as information becomes available on the status of Federal Government operations.