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. Wednesday, December 19, 2001 1:16 PM Regarding Sept 11 Victim Compensation Fund Dear Sir,   I am a British citizen writing to you in connection with the compensation fund set up to aid the families of those who tragically lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of September 11th. I understand that the guidelines regarding exactly who is eligible for compensation will be declared this Friday, and bearing in mind that a significant number of the bereaved are gay and lesbian partners of the victims, or otherwise unmarried partners, I would like to know whether they will benefit from the fund.   The reason for my asking is because I am aware that many gay and lesbian people have applied for relief at the local level, but have not always been successful in obtaining equal treatment with married couples.   New York state has already granted compensation benefits to anyone "showing....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."  I urge that this principle be respected with the Victim Compensation Fund, and that when allocating benefit to the families of the deceased, the term 'family' will be broad enough to include, for example, gay and lesbian partners, unmarried couples, and adopted family members.   I believe that to do otherwise would amount to an act of arbitrary discrimination against the groups I have mentioned; regardless of the actual marital status or sexual orientation of those involved, the bereavement and the hardship this often brings is the same for each and all, and permitting them equal acccess to the fund is an essential way of maintaining their dignity in this very difficult time. Thank you very much for your attention to my concerns. I look forward to reading your response. Yours faithfully,   Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-19 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 dojA003299.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. 2001-12-19