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. Saturday, January 19, 2002 4:33 PM comments on the Federal Fund for 9-11 victims Dear Mr. Ken Zwick: I lost my brother in the WTC on September 11. He was a young man who was full of promises and dedicated to providing for our parents. In determining economic loss, the interim rule for the federal Fund states that determination of economic loss requires a prediction about each claimant's future. The rule states that income between 1998 and 2000 will be used to determine this loss. However, if there is evidence that serve as better indicator of lost income, the rules should allow it to be used. In my brother's case, he had a two year employment contract from April 2001 to April 2003 for a minimum compensation that is significantly higher than his average income from 1998 to 2000. It was an indication of his promoted status as a bond broker. Moreover, a large portion of his income was paid in January of the year after he earned his bonus. Therefore, the average income from 1998 to 2000 would not include bonus earned in 2000. As you can see, a strict application of 98-2000 tax returns would mask the evidence of true economic loss for my brother and those like him. Also, my parents were financially dependent on my brother, but this would not show up in tax returns in 98-2000. My parents relocated to New Jersey from their previous home in the summer of 2001 to be closer to the rest of the immediate family. As evidence would show, he was fully intent on providing for them financially and would have claimed them his dependents in 2001 tax return. Again, we request that this type of circumstances be considered in determining economic loss for my family and other victims' families. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-19 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 dojN002059.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. 2002-01-19