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 26, 2001 The Honorable John Ashcroft Attorney General Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20530 Dear Mr. Attorney General: I am in agreement with the approach you are taking in soliciting wide public comment in fulfilling your legislative mandate to promulgate regulations governing the distribution of funds voted by Congress and approved by the President for victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11. I write to express my view on one aspect of this important set of questions, which is before you. I urge that in creating the category of those who qualify as "survivors of someone lost in the crashes:, (Topic 5, Notice of Inquiry), we can best carry out the intent and spirit of the law by compensating all of those who suffered both grievous emotional loss from these murders, and significant financial loss as well. I believe that the Federal government should provide such compensation as is appropriate to all of those who had a close relationship with the murdered victim and whose own financial position will be adversely affected by the death. Relevant indicia of such a relationship include, but not limited to: a shared residence, shared bank accounts or other financial instruments, joint membership in a health plan, a significant sharing of living expenses, etc. Obviously this will cover a wide range of different personal relationships, and we believe that this coverage is wholly appropriate in this instance. You have my support in this endeavor and I look forward to hearing your final decision on this issue. Sincerely, Margaret M. Markey Assembly Woman, 30th District Queens, NY November 26, 2001 Kenneth L. Wick, Director Office of Management Programs U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division Main Building, Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 Fax: 301-519-5926 Re: September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 Dear Mr. Zwick: The legislation providing for distribution of Federal funds for victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11 sets out very broad guidelines for eligibility. In defining the category of those who qualify as "survivors of someone lost in the crashes", I urge you to carry our the intent and spirit of the legislation by including all those who suffered grievous emotional and financial loss. Appropriate compensation should be available to any person who had a close relationship with the murdered victim and whose own financial position will be seriously adversely affected by the death. Relevant indicia of such a relationship should include a shared residence, shared bank accounts, or other financial instruments, joint membership in a health plan, a significant sharing of living expenses, etc. This would cover a wide range of personal relationships, which is wholly appropriate in this instance. This is the approach taken by Governor George E. Pataki here in New York State, where so many of the victims lived. The purpose of the legislation is to extend a measure of compensation to those who were particularly victimized by these mass murderous assaults on our country. The purpose is not to separate people by their personal relationships. Very truly yours, Richard N. Gottfried 64th Assembly District New York September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-26 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 dojW000741.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. 2001-11-26