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 3:47 AM Why does the 9/11 Fund exclude gays/lesbians? Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs, Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Washington, DC Re: Kenneth Feinberg Comments on 03/10 "Meet The Press" This e-mail is submitted to express very serious concern about a discriminatory policy of the Justice Dept. Mr. Kenneth Feinberg of the 09/11 Victims Compensation Fund recently stated on "Meet The Press" that state laws concerning same-gender partnerships shall dictate whether loved ones of gay persons who died will receive benefits. Because only Vermont and California offer some recognition to same-gender relationships, it is apparent that people will now be intentionally excluded from the compensation process because of a homosexual orientation. This is unacceptable. Mr. Feinberg indicated that non-citizens (in the United States illegally) would be eligible. Why is it that the U.S. Justice Dept. can "bend the rules" in this area and possibly grant benefits but decide that other laws which limit marriages to heterosexuals should be employed to deny eligibility to gays and lesbians? This is a completely indefensible position, and the U.S. Justice Dept. should be held accountable and publicly explain this discriminatory policy. Individual Comment Long Beach, California 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 dojR001331.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