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. Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:39 PM Dear Mr. Feinberg, As horrific as the events of September 11 were, I cannot support the victim's compensation fund. To determine the value of ones life is impossible so to pay one family more or less than another is only going to raise questions of fairness. What do we do in the event of future attacks? What about the victims of Oklahoma City, the U.S.S. Cole and the embassies in Africa? Are their families less important or less needy? No one anticipated anything of this magnitude. However, individually, families plan what to do financially if they ever encounter the unthinkable. That is what life insurance policies, trust documents and wills are for. Many people rushed to lawyers and financial planners after Sept. 11 to get their affairs in order. What about the 1 billion charitable dollars that was collected? Fellow Americans opened their hearts and their wallets. The record donations showed that there was compassion across the country. To say that is not enough is a slap in the face to all the generous people. Maybe the DOJ should be involved in the distribution of the charitable dollars. People specified it was to be used solely for the victims and families of Sept 11. Let's get those dollars to the proper people so they can get on with their lives and move forward. To offer government compensation will only set a precedent for future disasters. Thank you, Individual Comment Reno, Nevada September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-10 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 dojN001512.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. 2002-01-10