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. Monday, March 11, 2002 12:42 PM Discrimination against families of gays and lesbians To Whom it May Concern The government's discrimination against the partners of gays and lesbians killed in the 9/11 attacks is appalling, although unfortunately not at all surprising. At a time when the federal government has suspended "Don't ask, don't tell" so that gays can be used for fodder (while reserving the right to throw them out of the military without benefits when peace comes), its claim of impotence in the face of states' rights hardly seems sincere. The government could make equal payment if it wanted to (as I understand it, the payments don't implicate the states at all). The federal government has made it clear that it would have no problem being inconsistent with a state that gave gays greater rights than the federal standard -- it is only when the inconsistency would benefit gays that the government claims the states' rights are of paramount import. If you're going to discriminate, at least have the decency to be honest about it. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-11 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 dojR000190.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. 2002-03-11