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. Sunday, January 13, 2002 10:59 PM Interim Final Rule Dear Mr. Zwick, We have spent the last few days trying to make sense of the Interim Final Rule for victim's compensation benefits. We mourn the loss of friends, co-workers and neighbors. What pains us most is that those who are suffering the loss of a loved one are also trying to read through the legal jargon with a heavy heart and a fragile mind. The task before you is monumental. It seems as if the government is attempting to placate the masses by making us feel as if we are all created equal. Well, unfortunately, we are not, and Sept. 11th didn't change that fact. The WTC housed some of the largest financial institutions in the world. Some of the men and women who worked there were CEOs, some were partners of their firms, some were back office workers, restaurant workers, store owners, or union members. Each person was on a different economic level. It seems as if the distribution of this fund is trying to compensate for the inequalities among the individuals. Should those who earned higher incomes, had life insurance policies, company shares or pension funds be penalized? What about those who made frugal life choices, saved money, invested wisely, had or didn't have children? The only fair way to distribute the fund is to equally compensate across the board. One sum for each family. No one is going to become a millionaire or have a lifestyle change because of this fund. The money is to sustain the families and have them live as they would have before this tradgedy. Thank you for this forum to voice our opinions. We hope you will be just in your decisions. Sincerely, Individual Comment Upper Saddle River, NJ September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-13 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 dojN001577.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. 2002-01-13