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, November 06, 2001 9:06 AM Handling Compensation Until all the people who donated the money know how these funds will be distributed and when, the other issues cannot be commented on. Why put the cart before the horse? If the distribution is equitable, the decision over additional compensation should be weighed as to how much more is needed. As for 's comment that lawsuits should be the way to go, I find this selfish, self serving statement one more nail in the coffin of "sleazy lawyer" perception. If I thought for one minute that lawyers would get their hands in the pot, I would NEVER HAVE CONTRIBUTED. Furthermore any recommendation of the Trial Lawyers Association for a choice to oversee the fund, I view with skepticism---why do they have an opinion and preference? The first step is to lay out the plan to disburse funds. The primary assurance must be no one will have to resort to paying a lawyer to receive any monies. As to who is entitled, widows/widowers and children are the victims who will suffer long term from the loss of financial and emotional support. While other family members will suffer the emotional loss, the majority will not endure a financial crisis and should not be the focus of aid. I say this as a mother and sister and aunt. All life is beyond a dollar value, but I gave money to assist those who will most suffer from the loss of the financial support. Let's not lose sight of the intent of most of the contributors. This is not a Pollyanna. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-06 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 dojW000044.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. 2001-11-06