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. Sunday, March 17, 2002 3:01 PM I Am Outraged! To Whom It May Concern: It has recently come to my attention that you will not be automatically providing benefits to partners of gay and lesbian victims of September 11th due to the laws that do not recognize them as legal beneficiaries. However, it is clear to me you are readily giving funds to illegal aliens who are in the country, breaking our own laws. How can this unfairness exists and why is this discrimination allowed, when we are encouraging all americans young and old to stand together against evil and terror. Brave men and women of all races, religions, color, and sexual orientation died and many of their loved ones have been left behind in need of our support and understanding. It is clear to me that you are continuing the cycle of hate and separating America with your discriminatory views and actions. I have donated a lot of money to this fund and feel that it should go to all of the victims' partners whether or not they were heterosexual, gay or lesbian. The guidelines you have decided to follow appear to benefit illegal aliens while leaving a percentage of the legal law-abiding citizens high and dry. This action is clearly immoral if not illegal in most states. I regard this action as deplorable and pray you find the ability to rectify these wrongs before they come back to haunt you. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-17 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 dojR001453.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. 2002-03-17