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, December 07, 2001 10:03 AM Attention: Kenneth Zwick Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs U.S. Department of Justice Dear Mr. Zwick, I am writing to share my thoughts about how the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund should be distributed. I encourage you to consider all survivors of this disaster and all their partners, not just those who were in legally sanctioned heterosexual commitments. Many of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender victims of September 11th had partners with whom they shared serious and long-term commitments that should hold the same weight as marriage. Many also had children. I advise you to follow the suggestion of New York Governor Pataki, who would grant compensation benefits "on a showing of mutual interdependence with the victim, in recognition that anyone who shared with the victim living expenses, day-to-day activities and the emotional bonds of family deserves help in this time of need." Please show compassion for those who many in society would ignore. Their loss is no less. Life partners, as well as de facto parents or children should be included among relatives eligible for compensation, without regard to sexual orientation or marital status. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Individual Comment Richmond, VA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-07 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 dojA001275.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. 2001-12-07