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 January 20, 2002 11:54 PM inequities in compensation formula I am writing on behalf of parents of a World Trade Center victim who are being grossly shortchanged on both the economic and the non-economic parts of the Victims Compensation Fund, as well as other aspects of the regulations. - Basing compensation on the last three years of a victim's salary is unfair in that it does not take in to account the potential for a young person (and this victim was young) to earn a good deal more over time as his work experience accumulates and he achieves graduate degrees beyond the college education he had. - The non-economic award is also grossly unfair because we know the victim suffered tremendous pain for a very long time. He was last seen on the Floor, Tower Two, going back to do work, and called his mother at home saying that he was okay and had to work. We know the victim was trapped for a long time, and Special Master Feinburg still insists that the pain and suffering award is fair, when what he wants to give is one-tenth the amount under similar circumstances of terrorist attacks. - It is also unfair that the fund categorizes  "dependents" as only spouse and children. The victim  was his parents' only son and according to Asian  tradition responsible for his parents even though he  did not claim them as dependents on his tax return.  As with many immigrant families, he lived with and  supported his retired parents and was their primary caregiver and constant companion.  Besides dealing with their grief and struggling to survive every day without him, his parents are faced with a system which does not recognize them. - In addition, there should be no collateral  payment deductions of any kind from the award. That would make the fund highly unfair.  - Also, it is absolutely wrong that the victims family must sign away their rights upon filing as claimants when they do not know what their award will be. There should be a fair hearing of each victims  family, because individual circumstances are different.  The victim was a true American who deserves much better than what the Fund is offering. Thank you for taking this into consideration. Sincerely yours, Individual Comment Brooklyn, New York September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-20 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 dojN002150.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. 2002-01-20