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. Friday, December 07, 2001 3:50 PM Victim Compensation Comments Dear Mr. Zwick: I am writing in response to the Department's request for public comments regarding the forthcoming regulations for implementing and administering the "September 11 Victim Compensation Fund." I strongly urge the Department to draft regulations that ensure that compensation is available to all victims of the attack, including the committed partners and the non-biological children of gay and lesbian victims. It is unquestionable that the devastating grief and economic losses suffered by the families of gay and lesbian victims are no different and no less than are suffered by other families. It is unthinkable that some people in the Department of Justice (!) should even hope to have the power to deprive these families of compensations given without question to more conventional families, of whose structure and makeup they approve. The terrorists drew no lines in choosing their victims, and our country must draw no lines in compensating those who suffered the most personal of losses from these horrific attacks. Many Americans lost their lives on September 11, each of whom left behind loved ones. It is easily imaginable that the marriages of at least some of the widows and widowers created on that day were not as happy or love-filled as at least some of the domestic partners who are left bereft. Who is to judge that any one is suffering more than anyone else, and therefore more deserving of compensation? Or is the motive for wishing to withhold funds from gay and lesbian commited partners simply punitive, a desire to punish them for lifestyles of which some Americans disapprove? I urge the Department to treat the families of gay and lesbian victims no diffeerently from any other. Lest you be inclined toview this communication as perhaps coming from someone with a vested interest in any part of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, I would like you to know that I am heterosexual, the biological mother of four children all of whom have the same father--to whom I was married for 28 years--that I live in California and personally know no one who was in any way directly involved in the September 11 attacks. Sincerely, Individual Comment Nevada City, CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-07 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 dojA001305.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. 2001-12-07