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, March 17, 2002 5:13 PM equal compensation I've recently received a link to an article that suggests that same sex partners of victims of 9/11 will not be compensated the same as other family members of non gay victims. The article, based on a Meet the Press interview, states the reasoning behind the decision as the need to adhere to individual states' laws governing same sex relationships. I'm very disturbed by the possibility that illegal aliens and their families will be taken care of by the fund with no punitive recourse regarding their illegal status in the US. And companies who hired illegal workers will also not be punished when they come forward to discuss compensation for their workers' families? Can this be true? Federal and state laws will be pushed aside for illegal workers. People who, although precious as human life and undeserving of the tragedy that befell them, were breaking our laws yet will be welcome to reach their hands into the funds coffers while honest tax paying Americans, partners of the people we call heroes who happen to be gay or lesbian, will be considered less important. How can we claim to honor the heroes of that day while turning our backs on the people those heroes held so dear. Surely I've been misinformed and simply require clarification. Please respond, Thank you Individual Comment NYC resident September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-17 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 dojR001494.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. 2002-03-17