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. Friday, January 18, 2002 10:47 AM Sept 11th Victim Concerns Mr. President and Members of Congress, My brother-in-law was killed on Sept. 11th in WTC Tower 2. We have been very disappointed with the regulations issued by Special Master Feinberg. They provide unfair compensation for economic and non economic loss and victimize the families for a second time. I learned today that you Mr. President, the Office of Management and Budget and the Dept. of Justice have forced Mr. Feinberg to LIMIT the awards through the program. This is an excerpt from a NY Newsday article, "The limits - $250,000 for each victim plus $50,000 for each dependent - suggest to some that political ideology is playing a role in the compensation formula. A limit of $250,000 for pain and suffering awards is a cornerstone of GOP tort reform legislation." "Special Master Kenneth Feinberg told families in private meetings this week that he does not have the power to lift a $250,000 cap on non economic damages, according to participants in those meetings. He has told them they must apply political pressure to the White House Office of Management and Budget, participants said." I find this appalling!! Don't turn this fund into a budget exercise!!! The $250,000 for non economic loss is less than 1/10th the amount paid to families of other cases (ie. Lockerbee and Flight 800). You will be providing many billions of dollars to This was not the intent of Congress when they passed the Airline bailout and created the fund. You MUST force Mr. Feinberg to amend the regulations and fairly compensate the victims of this tragedy. I would appreciate a response to this request. Thank you and may God bless America. Individual Comment New Hyde Park, NY September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-18 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 dojN001976.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. 2002-01-18