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. Tuesday, December 18, 2001 6:37 PM equitable benefits Special Master Kenneth R. Feinberg September 11th Victim Compensation Fund U.S. Department of Justice Dear Mr. Feinberg: I am writing to ask you to consider as legitimate family the partners and adopted children of gays and lesbians who were lost in the September 11 tragedy. All of the citizens of our nation who were personally touched by this tragedy have suffered enough, and I hope that our country will now demonstrate how our compassion, our open-mindedness, and our willingness to change our collective minds (and rules/regulations) have been and will continue to be one of the greatest strengths of our nation. I'm sure you are well aware that gays and lesbians do not have the legal option of marriage, even devoted couples who have shared their lives for years. Therefore it seems patently unfair to exclude these individuals (taxpayers) from survivor benefits because they don't fit the previous definition of family. Many of us are currently working to secure the legal right to marry for gays and lesbians. In the meantime, I hope you will do what you can to take care of this community in the same way that you will take care of other citizens. Thank you for considering my comments. I look forward to hearing how you will act on these very important issues. Sincerely, Individual Comment Richmond, NH September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-18 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 dojA002208.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. 2001-12-18