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, November 26, 2001 5:33 PM Adoption of Rules to Govern the September 11 Victim Compensation Program In response to your request, attached are comments from Independent Sector regarding Topic #6: Should Charitable Gifts Be Considered Payments from a Collateral Source? Please feel free to contact me should you have questions for &nsbr; &nsbr; &nsbr; &nsbr; &nsbr; or Independent Sector. ********* November 26, 2001 Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division Main Building, Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20530 Re: Adoption of Rules to Govern the September 11 Victim Compensation Program - Topic #6: Should Charitable Gifts Be Considered Payments from a Collateral Source Dear Mr. Zwick: Independent Sector is a nonprofit, nonpartisan coalition of over 700 national voluntary organizations, philanthropic foundations, and corporate philanthropy programs, collectively representing tens of thousands of charitable groups in every state across the nation. Our mission is to promote, strengthen, and advance the nonprofit and philanthropic community to foster private initiative for the public good. Many of our members have been actively involved in supporting and delivering emergency assistance to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. They have considerable experience in assessing the needs of individuals and families and implementing service programs and distributing financial assistance to ensure that those needs are met as quickly and as equitably as possible.v The request of the Justice Department for comments on the content of rules governing the government's September 11 Victim Compensation Program asks whether the definition of "collateral source" in section 402 of the Act establishing the program can be read to exclude gifts by charitable organizations to those injured in the September 11 tragedies and to the families of those who lost their lives. Independent Sector believes that charitable gifts should not be deemed to be a payment by a collateral source and that to do so would undermine the intent of Congress to encourage survivors to use the Victim Compensation Program in lieu of pursuing damage awards through litigation. We are writing now to support comments submitted by the Council on Foundations which provide more extensive background advancing our position. Although the Internal Revenue Service has recently issued guidance rulings that relax some of the long-standing rules that require charities to assess the specific financial needs of individuals or families before providing direct financial assistance, we believe that most charities will continue to follow a needs-based distribution policy in addressing both the short-term and long-term benefits provided to those affected by the September 11 attacks. We would be happy to provide additional information as you develop these rules and regulations. Sincerely, Comment By: Independent Sector Washington, DC September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-26 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 dojW000670.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. 2001-11-26