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, January 22, 2002 10:35 AM COMMENTS REGARDING THE FEDERAL VICTIMS COMP. PROGRAM To whom it may concern: I sorry for the late e-mail, but over the weekend I spent some time reading the information provided at the January 20th meeting. I would like to join with the many voices in expressing my disappointment and outrage at the Federal Government's compensation program. To put a limit on what a person worth in life, is a horrible thing. Every family has the right to be well compensated. In regards to ECONOMIC LOSS...According to the State Law on the economic loss---there is no limit to what an individual can be compensated. " The statute does not permit economic losses to be limited in the manner prescribed in the regulations and as such the regulations contradict the statue. Moreover the regulations must be rewritten to allow for the recovery of full economic loss based upon the actual earnings of the decedent. The Act requires that the analysis for economic losses be determined by the individual circumstances of the claimant. The publication of pre-determined and presumed guidelines, do not take into account the individual circumstance of a claimant. As a result, the pre-determined presumptive awards for economic losses must be eliminated and the regulations rewritten to permit economic losses to be calculated in each individual case based upon the facts of the claim. Also in regards to NON-ECONOMIC LOSSES... the Act does not limit or cap the recovery of non-economic losses to a pre-determined or presumptive amount. The Act requires that the award for such losses shall be based on individual circumstances of the claimant. Congress did not limit the non-economic recovery as is contained in the regulations. BURDEN OF PROOF: What is "extraordinary circumstances"? What is the stature in which the Special Master is determining "extraordinary circumstances"? THE LOST OF MY FATHER IS AN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE! Nowhere in the Act does Congress state that awards should be based upon any limiting factor. DEPENDENTS: I believe that the term dependency should not be limited to those individuals identified on the tax return, but rather, should include anyone who was financially or emotionally dependent upon the decedent. Although I am twenty-five years old, I was very much dependent on my father. I still live at home and am still attending college. My father paid for everything. What if I wasn't claimed because I was working in 1998? What then? My brother is also in his late twenties and still lives at home. My brother suffers from severe mental depression which has left him fully dependent on my parents. With the lost of my father, my mother has now taken full responsibility which is very difficult. What if my brother was not file on my father 1998? What then? I believe that Special Master Feinberg should take into consideration each individual's family circumstances. My brother and I may be adults but we are still very much dependent on my mother and father. Why is it that my family is being penalized for having insurance and pension plans. The regulations should make it clear that there shall be no collateral source deduction for payments made to victims and their families outside of a contractual agreement. Again, I am sorry for the delay in my response, but I still hope it can be forwarded to the particular parties. Regards, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-22 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 dojN002234.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. 2002-01-22