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. Wednesday, November 07, 2001 1:49 PM Distribution Compensation: Distribution of donations: The phrase "Support The Families Of The Victims" must be defined so that the donations can be distributed to the families having the most need. The list below indicates who I personally feel are the most in immediate need in logical order. a. Non-working spouses with children of victim's deceased, and who will not be receiving money from any other source, such as life insurance policies, etc. b. Working spouses with children of victim's deceased, and who will not be receiving money from any other source, such as life insurance polices, etc. c. Non-working spouses with children of victim's deceased, and in receipt of money from life insurance policies, etc. d. Working spouses with children of victim's deceased, and in receipt of money from life insurance policies, etc. e. Mothers, fathers or siblings of victim's deceased who have been , in the past, determined to be disabled and incapable of ever working, and who were solely dependent on the victim's salary for their living and medical expenses. f. Living victims with a spouse and children who have received injuries so serious that they have been determined to be permanently disabled and unable to ever work again and will receive social security disability compensation. f2. Living victims having received injuries so serious that they have been determined to be permanently disabled and unable to ever work again and will receive social security disability compensation. g. Non-working spouses without children of victim's deceased, and who will not be receiving money from any other source, such as life insurance policies, etc. h. Working spouses without children of victim's deceased, and who will not be receiving money from any other source, such as life insurance polices, etc. i. Non-working spouses without children of victim's deceased, and in receipt of money from life insurance policies, etc. j. Working spouses without children of victim's deceased, and in receipt of money from life insurance policies, etc. k. All other living victims that received non-serious injuries that will allow them to eventually go back to work should have their medical expenses paid and additional monthly compensation until they have been determined to be able to return to work by their physicians. Note: As for the parents of victim's that died in the tragedy, I don't believe they should be included or entitled to any money with the exception of funeral expenses and possibly a small lump sum ($ 10,000) given by the discretion our government and only paid with government allocated funds. The money that was donated to primary help the spouses and children of the victim's should not be used for this. Other options that I consider to be very reasonable and appropriate in this particular situation and possibly reduce the amount of money distributed to the families yet provided the families with the most essential assistance their families can ever receive are: Option 1 - Categories a. through f2 above: Provide these individuals that are homeowners with an option to have their mortgage paid off and provide each child with a $ 20,000 to $ 25, 000 scholarship. I am making this suggestion with the belief that most of the homeowners are likely to owe less than $ 100,000 on their homes and would not only reduce compensation cost but will provide tangible security for the families. or Option 2 - Categories a. through f2 above: Provide them with a one time, one lump sum compensation. Option 3 - Categories g. through j. above: Provide these individuals with a lesser one time, one lump sum compensation. Option 4 - Pool both the donations and the funds that the government intends to provide all together and distribute equally to all categories in a one time, one lump sum compensation. However, this is my suggestion without knowing just how much money will be available for distribution until it is all calculated. Also, Dr. did so much harm to our nation with irresponsible actions that I am sure the majority of Americans will now think three or four times before making any donations to anything again. Individual Comment Ernie, FL September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-07 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 dojW000187.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. 2001-11-07