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. November 16, 2001 Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Main Building, Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20530 Re: September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 Dear Mr. Zwick: In response to the Justice Department request for comment on Rulemaking regarding the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, I urge you promulgate regulations which would address the needs of victims' surviving minor children from more than one marriage. I represent , parent and legal guardian of the estates of her minor children, and , all of New Canaan, Connecticut. and father, was killed in the World Trade Center attack. was an employee of the Company. After his divorce from , remarried and had two more children issue of the second marriage. In his Will, designated his second wife and his brother as co-executors of his estate. Under these circumstances the statutory concept of an eligible claimant should include, at least, the legal guardian of all minor children of the victim. Otherwise, decisions regarding the financial interests of minor children of a different marriage, indeed the fundamental decision of whether to forego litigation in favor of a Victim Compensation Fund claim, could be left to a "personal representative" having no legal or familial relation at all to the victim's minor children from the earlier marriage. To avoid the potential of disparate treatment among a victim's minor children inherent in having only the personal representative of a decedent eligible to file claims, the legal guardian of all the victim's minor children should be designated as eligible claimants. This will assure that the individual who has been designated by State law as responsible for the children's welfare and finances will have the authority to act on their behalf in Victims Compensation Fund claims and will protect against the children being bound by decisions made by an individual who has no authority to act for them. I have read estimates indicating that as many as fifteen thousand children were orphaned by the September 11th attacks. Given the prevalence of divorce, it is probable that several thousand surviving children could be affected by the definition of eligible claimant under the Act. Favorable consideration should be given to including the legal guardian of all victims' minor children within that definition. Thank you for your consideration of these comments. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-16 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 dojW000471.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. 2001-11-16