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. Friday, December 14, 2001 1:50 AM Sept. 11 Compensation Fund Special Master Kenneth R. Feinberg September 11th Victim Compensation Fund U.S. Department of Justice Dear Mr. Feinberg: I am writing to ask you to carefully consider the way in which you choose to administer the compensation to the families of all those who died on September 11. If you compensate based on lost wages, then the survivors of the bond traders will receive millions, while the survivors of the janitors will receive very little. But whose salary will be more sorely missed? The bond trader probably had both the funds and the forethought to insure him- or herself, while the janitor's family was probably living paycheck to paycheck. I think it would be more fair to at least set a minimum compensation level across the board, so that these glaring inequities don't happen. I also urge you to take into consideration that there will be nontraditional families without a marriage license who nonetheless deserve compensation for their loss. These include gay and lesbian families who don't have the option of marriage, plus those who chose not to formalize their relationships by legal means. The Red Cross and the State of New York have chosen not to discriminate against these families; I urge you at the Department of Justice to follow suit. Thanks for listening. I look forward to seeing your actions in handling this formidable responsibility. Sincerely, Individual Comment Van Nuys, California September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-14 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 dojA001693.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. 2001-12-14