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, January 28, 2002 3:39 PM Fairness of proposed compensation Dear Sir: Certainly the events of September 11 were a great tragedy. My heart goes out to anyone who lost a loved one, friend, or aquaintance. However, as a taxpayer, I do not feel that it is my responsibility to compensate these people for their losses. Everyone, including persons employed in dangerous jobs, needs to be sure that their family and other dependents will be taken care of in the event of their disablement or death. Long-term financial planning is a personal responsibility. That is why there are financial products such as life insurance. I see nothing wrong with the proposal to adjust the award amounts by taking into account life insurance policies, IRAs, etc. It appears to me that some people see an opportunity to become wealthy at the expense of the government, and ultimately, the individual taxpayer. What about the person who was murdered on Sept. 10, or the person who died in a drunk-driving accident on Sept. 12? These too are "innocent bystanders". Do their families suffer any less than the Sept. 11 families? Do we offer their families better than $1 million? Of course not. Neither should we do so for these victims. To the victims' families, I say keep in mind that there have been many other victims of terrorism over the years: plane crashes due to bombs, and the Oklahoma City bombing. Did we offer their families over $1 million? No. Was this "just"? I believe the Sept. 11 families need to step back, take a deep breath, and gain some perspective. Sincerely, Individual Comment Annapolis, MD September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-28 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 dojP000243.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. 2002-01-28