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, December 06, 2001 11:25 AM (no subject) Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs U.S. Department of Justice Hello, I am writing to you in reference to the Sept. 11th Victim compensation fund. I know that it is in debate as to how the domestic "life" partners of victims will be aided in their time of grief. I would like to offer a show of support by asking the Justice Department to include among relatives eligible for compensation, those who lost their life partners as well as de facto parents or children, without regard to sexual orientation or marital status. I would ask that the U.S. Government to follow the example already set by New York Governor Pataki in granting compensation benefits "on a showing of mutual interdependence with the victim, in recognition that anyone who shared with the victim living expenses, day-to-day activities and the emotional bonds of family deserves help in this time of need." Please keep in mind that everyone who lost a loved one will suffer from this tragedy. Every person, regardless of their sexual orientation, still grieves the loss of their devoted life partner, even if that person was not eligible to hold a "marriage certificate" due to their same sex partnership. I urge you to do what is right and to the greater good of everyone involved. Many innocent people were hurt from this tragedy, there is no need to extend it any further by exacerbating the loss already experienced. I thank you for your time, and my prayers go with you as you make some tough choices that will directly effect the lives and freedoms that we so enjoy. Individual Comment Avondale Estates, GA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-06 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 dojA001147.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. 2001-12-06