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, March 11, 2002 11:21 PM The September 11th Fund Dear President Bush, I was amazed and dismayed at the decision of Kenneth Feinberg relating to how he intends to recommend the administration of funds for the victims of the disaster that befell this country six months ago today. I gather, from some news accounts I've read, that he intends to "follow state law" in terms of recognizing gay and lesbian relationships when deciding whether or not to grant relief to those families. Mr. President, he knows, you know and I know that the State laws to which he refers nearly unanimously declare those relationships void and valueless and, consequently, he's permitting (hoping for?) them to be his 'cover' for not granting benefit to these victims. President Bush, you and I were once distant colleagues - you on the Board of Directors of and me as its Chief Financial Officer of the Southern Division in 1992 to 1995. At that time, I trusted your judgment as a member of our Board of Directors and I hope that I can trust your judgment again today to overturn Mr. Feinberg's decision. Its just plain wrong and I'm sure you know that. Please confirm back to me that you intend to do just that. I'd appreciate that. Geez, the timing couldn't be worse - Katie Couric ( ) just had mother on the Today Show this morning. She reported on what a hero was unsuspecting, I'm certain, that this news would break about such a miscarriage of justice. You need to act, Mr. President. Respectfully submitted, Atlanta, Georgia Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-11 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 dojR000335.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. 2002-03-11