Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Department of Justice Emails Description An account of the resource The Department of Justice received more than 11,000 e-mails in response to the agency's public solicitation for comments upon its plans to distribute the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 established by Congress to benefit the victims of September 11 and their families. These e-mails have been organized here by date. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 10:51 AM Subject: 9-11 Fund My understanding of the purpose of the victim's compensation fund was that taxpayer funds would be used to assist those in need due to sudden and tragic loss in family income. A worthy goal. I do not support claims by those who are not so affected. For example, I read an article in the Los Angeles Times claiming that families of firefighters were complaining because the benefits they were already entitled to receive (i.e., life insurance, pension, health, etc.) were so generous that they would receive basically nothing from the 9-11 fund because those benefits have to be deducted under the formula. THAT IS EXACTLY THE WAY IT SHOULD BE! These folks are unaffected financially by the tragedy. We all empathize with the loss of a family member, but that loss can never be compensated by money -- and should not be compensated by taxpayers. Such complaints sound to me like a simple case of greed. Even those complaining will still be entitled to receive monies from the private charitable funds donated for that purpose. If I may quote another fellow taxpayer "We feel your grief, really. I'm just wondering if we have to feel your greed, too." Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-24 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource dojP000067.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-01-24