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. Tuesday, November 06, 2001 11:41 AM September 11 Victim Compensation Fund Dear Attorney General Ashcroft and DOJ Staff, Thank you for the opportunity to submit commentary on the rules for this Fund Program. The major point that I wish to make is my strong opposition to such a Fund without both individual claim caps (per victim and per decedent) and for a total cap on the Fund itself. Without such upper limits, I cannot see how the Special Master in charge can possibly adjudicate awards which will not seriously impact the federal budget. Who can put an income projection (for life onto a bread-winner, now deceased, and then add in Pain and Suffering, as well as specific damages, and not come to an amount which is well in excess of the budget capacity of this country for all 5000 to 6000 affected families? In view of the fact that Mrs. Kennedy and her children were not given a blank check, nor the families of posthumous winners of the Congressional Medal of Honor, nor the Killed-In-Action from US armed forces, nor familes of others lost in acts of war (PanAm Lockerbie, KAL007, The Lusitania, etc.), an unlimited Fund with unlimited caps is simply untenable. It undercuts American sacrifices made in prior conflicts and acts of terror. It breaks the bank. And it will diminish the generosity of Americans in their charitable giving, if they believe the Fund will beget future such unlimited federal funds for earthquakes, tornados, and acts of war. Why give to charity, if Uncle Sam has an unlimited pool of money for the victims? Write the rules, Mr. Attorney General, with sensible caps and limits. Please. Thank You Sincerely, Individual Comment Johnstown, Ohio September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-06 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 dojW000099.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. 2001-11-06