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. Friday, January 18, 2002 12:01 PM comments Payment for victims pain and suffering should be uniform and limited as proposed by Mr. Feinberg. There is no adequate compensation for pain and suffering, and no way to measure these damages. The only fair and workable method of compensation is a set sum, which in no case will be adequate compensation to the physically injured and deceased. This category of payment should not be an award to survivors. Similarly, payment for economic losses should be appropriately offset by collateral sources. Individuals who were prudent and had life insurance, or fortunate to have other forms of compensation, are in a better position that those who did not. It is not a penalty to offset federal victims' compensation by those resources. The fund should assist those who have need, not serve as a bonus for those who do not. While recognizing the heroism of firefighters, police officers, EMS personnel, and others similarly employed, the fact remains that they chose hazardous professions. To the extent they are compensated by professional funds, employee benefits, life insurance policies, and other victims funds, their economic losses should not be doubly compensated. It takes nothing away from our appreciation for their sacrifices to provide compensation for others who lack these resources. As a taxpayer, I favor providing compensation for economic loss to those who have an actual need. My sympathy for the victims is boundless, but common sense and a recognition of fiscal constraints and equity must be used to determine what payments will be made. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-18 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 dojN001987.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. 2002-01-18