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, March 14, 2002 9:39 PM 9/11 Fund Final Rule comment I am deeply offended by the portion of the 9/11 Fund Final Rule that eliminates benefits for domestic partners. The Final Rule clearly has made exceptions to Federal law by allowing non-citizens to receive benefits. Yet there is an unwillingness to make exceptions to local laws and allow benefits for domestic partners, including gay and lesbian partners. This willingness to overlook some laws but not others smacks of unfairness, moralistic judgement and gross predjudice. Gays and lesbians are well-documented victims of the September 11 attacks, and included heroes who were actively involved in fighting the terrorists onboard planes. To deny their partners equal benefits is inexcusable. I ask that you reconsider this decision and let your compassion overcome your hatred. Individual Comment Portland, OR September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-14 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 dojR000788.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. 2002-03-14