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. December 22, 2001 Dear Kenneth Feinberg: It is wonderful that the civilian victims families will be helped. Their uniforms; of a jacket and tie, are every bit as important and worthy as a fireman or policeman's uniform. Each chose their jobs. It seems appropriate the way monies are being figured out EXCEPT the reduction of the amounts by the life insurance being paid. This is wrong because those families paid money out of their salaries for life insurance by deducting that amount from the total you are making the sums equal. For a family that paid thousands in premiums (bringing home less money), over the years to those that did not pay for extra insurance. Those that paid into life insurance should get that above the federal money. If it is deducted from the total, the insurance paid for will not be received, as it will be deducted from total. My cousin was 55, married with 3 college age sons, making $108,000/year. He paid for life insurance for his wife & son. Compare that to someone of the same age and family situation, who did not pay for a policy. why should they get the same amount. It urge you not to deduct private life insurance from the federal pay out. Those families paid for the policies and their monies should show it. Without changing the rule, you are making it irrelevant to have life insurance. Sincerely, Individual Comment Woodstock, NY September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-22 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 dojN000737.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. 2001-12-22