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 27, 2001 11:46 AM Comments on Title IV, H.R. 2926 To Whom It May Concern: I am a volunteer facilitator working with the New York City Bar Association on behalf of victims and survivors of the 9/11 disasters. A common question among those who are involved is how, and to what extent, compensation from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund will be "offset" by other compensation and/or support claimants have or will receive pursuant to these tragedies. This seems to be a key issue that could greatly affect a person's decision of whether it makes sense to forego certain legal rights by participating in the Fund. For example, one possible scenario is that a claimant who chooses to participate in the fund is required to present evidence of his or her losses, as well as any other sources of compensation he or she has or will receive, prior to obtaining a judgement award from the Fund. In this instance, the amount awarded for the person's loss is directly affected by the additional compensation information. A second scenario is that a claimant who participates in the fund presents evidence of loss to obtain a judgment award, but is not required to present evidence of other compensation received until after the award is determined. Once the award is determined, the amounts the claimant has previously received are deducted from the award. In the first example, a person might be less likely to forego his or her legal rights for suit because it permits the receipt of earlier benefits to influence the extent of that person's loss. In the second example, a person's loss is determined independently without regard to the level of support previously received. This seems to be the more equitable procedure. In the end, obviously, Congress will make the ultimate determination of what the procedures will be. But, in the interim, any information is greatly appreciated. Regards, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-27 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 dojA000014.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. 2001-11-27