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 10:26 PM Expediting relief is the key As long as the federal government's guidelines for providing compensation for the 9/11 victims and their families are unclear or undecided, charities are frozen out and donors are discouraged. The victims and families are left waiting, compounding the tragedy. We need to move ahead quickly. If the federal government is to play a meaningful role in providing relief for the victims, it must be the FIRST line of defense, as FEMA most commonly is during any other major disaster. The federal government should seek out and compensate victims as quickly as possible. Then, if charities subsequently choose to provide additional benefits to victims as they see the need, it is none of the federal government's concern. Consistent with being the first line of defense (after insurance and pensions), the government should commit to paying for all or for a generous and specific portion of a range of expenses that all victims and their families are likely to incur. And especially because so much time has already passed, the federal government must be very clear about what will and will not be compensated. For example, the government could publish a schedule for funeral expenses. If these have already been paid by a charity, then the charity should be reimbursed. Develop a list of all losses and expenses to be compensated, and pay on all of them. Then let the charities fill in the holes. I urge you not to wait even one more day to develop and publish these guidelines. Congress acted expeditiously in passing legislation authorizing this compensation. The Executive Branch should not procrastinate any longer to alleviate the suffering. You should resolve to process claims and cut checks to every known victim and family before the end of the year, and act immediately to do whatever is necessary to make that happen. Individual Comment 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 dojW000160.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