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. January 16, 2002 Mr. Kenneth R. Feinberg Special Master Office of the Victim Compensation Fund Program U.S. Department of Justice Main Building, Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 Dear Mr. Feinberg: We are writing on behalf of our constituents throughout Connecticut who are the families of the victims of September 11, 2001. Specifically, we are concerned about the deadline of January 22, 2002 for submitting comments on the Interim Final Rule implementing Public Law 107-42. We have heard from many families since the proposed rules and regulations of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund were officially published on December 21, 2001. Although the comment period is for approximately one month, many families feel the interruption of the holiday season has impeded their ability to comprehensively review the content of the Interim Final Rule. Because the Final Rule will determine the rules and regulations by which compensation packages will be awarded to each victim's family, we feel it is imperative that a complete understanding of this information is critical to ensuring that families make a well-informed decision regarding their participation in the Fund. While we fully understand that your office is eager to move forward in settling claims for these families, it is also important to note that should a family choose to make a claim with this Fund, they waive their right to pursue most other legal options. Therefore, we respectfully ask that you extend the comment period for a minimum of two weeks to give these families the time they need and deserve to make such a critically important decision. Thank you, in advance, for your time and consideration of our request. Sincerely, Christopher J. Dodd United States Senator Joseph I. Lieberman United States Senator Christopher Shays Member of Congress September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-16 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 dojN002424.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. 2002-01-16