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. Thursday, March 21, 2002 4:30 AM Comment on Final Rules Dear Mr. Zwick: I did not suffer any personal loss on 9/11 but I am one of the people whose money is being disbursed by your fund and therefore I have a strong interest in how you are planning to compensate survivors. It is so sad to see a horrific event which united all Americans in their sorrow and in their generosity, become politicized with regard to who qualifies for compensation. I am speaking of what appears to be the exclusion of homosexual partners. How sad that we are making distinctions about which people matter on the basis of carefully worded qualifications which make it appear that only under certain circumstances will these relationships be given the status they deserve. I know that homosexual partners suffered the same loss both emotionally and financially that I would have suffered if my husband had been a victim. I contributed a lot of money to all the funds. I contributed till it really hurt. Had I known that such distinctions and political considerations would be applied I would not have made contributions to any fund that planned to exclude homosexual partners. It is heartbreaking to me to see how this is all coming down. Your good intentions no longer impress me when your final rules are in some cases discriminatory and judgmental and meant to please those who harbor bias that is little to do with the issue of loss and all to do with their own personal idea of morality. Death on 9/11 made no such distinctions. Sincerely, Individual Comment El Cerrito, CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-21 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 dojR002468.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. 2002-03-21