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. Congress of the United States Washington, DC 20515 October 25, 2001 The Honorable John Ashcroft Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 Dear General Ashcroft: On September 21, 2001, Congress pased H.R. 2926, the Air Transportation Safety System Stabilization Act (now Public Law 107-42), a critical first step toward ensuring the future vitality of commercial aviation in America and throughout the world. While H.R. 2926 provides immediate assistance to the industry, it also addresses Congress' urgent responsibility to ensure fairness, justice and compassion for the human victims of the horrific events of September 11, and for their families. Title IV of the Act establishes a September 11th Compensation Fund to be administered by a Special Master appointed by the Attorney General of the United States. We write to urge you to appoint that Special Master expeditiously but with due diligence. As you know, Section 407 of the measure requires that you, in consultation with the Special master, promulgate regulations to carry out the activities of the fund within 90 days of the bill's enactment. To that end, it is vital that a Special Master be appointed quickly. We feel strongly that the Special Master you choose must have the support and confidence of the Senate and the House and of the elected representatives of the victims in particular. Title IV vests an enormous amount of power and discretion in you and in the Special Master. The regulations you promulgate and the way you administer the fund will have enormous repercussions for the victims and their families. The Special Master you select must have extensive experience, extraordinary judgement and legal ability, broad respect within the legal community and bipartisan support in Congress. Accordingly, we respectfully request that you consult with us prior to select the Special Master and promulgating regulations. Our nation and congress have come together, heeding the president's call for unity in action and spirit in the wake of terrible events of September 11. We know that you will appoint the Special Master and promulgate the regulations in that same spirit of cooperation and consultation, and we stand ready to assist in this effort. We look forward to communicating in the very near future to discuss this process. Attached you will find proposed regulations we would like you to consider for the September 11th Compensation Fund. Yours respectfully, September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-10-25 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 dojW000486.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. 2001-10-25