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 12, 2001 9:47 AM value of a life When I worked for the USEPA, there was a value of , I believe, 2 million dollars placed on the value of a human life for Risk Assessment purposes. This was some time ago, and I believe associated with the program of toxics in drinking water or hazard from exposure to chemical hazardous wastes. Values or formulas devised by DOJ for the Sept. 11 situation better be consistent with other applications throughout the government. Lawyers just love precedents! A life is a life. Is the value different based on exposure to an acute tragedy or a long term chronic exposure? Calculation based on current and/or future earning potential must be done carefully, and I vote for being on the low side. Just because a person has a current high salary(comparatively) doesn't necessarily mean s/he is more valuable than the next person, or even is going to enjoy a continuing steep pay increase. I am a prime example, after layoffs, personal problems, etc. The precedent of assigning a dollar value to a person, I think is something government should not do. This morning's newspaper article mentioned reimbursement based on needs of the survivor, or family. I think this is irrelevant. Thank you. Individual Comment Mohrsville, PA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-12 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 dojW000315.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. 2001-11-12