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. Wednesday, February 06, 2002 8:15 PM Victim Compensation Fund Dear Mr. Feinberg: I listened to your discussion with a representative from one of the family rights groups on the Nightly Newshour this afternoon. It is with much sadness that I have to say I disagree with you about whether the victims families are greedy. I truly believe some of them are, particularly people such as the representative on today's discussion. We have never compensated victims of any other disaster in this manner and I am very concerned about the prescience this may create. We did not have any special fund for the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing. We do not have special funds for the victims of natural disasters. While I realize that no amount of monetary compensation will replace a lost loved one, I do not believe that the families of these victims should be made wealthy at the taxpayers' expense. In any other situation, persons receiving compensation for lost wages would have to pay income tax on the money received. These persons will have to pay no income tax on any of the funds. I believe that the proposed settlements are fair and equitable. I want to compliment you on your handling of this difficult situation. I find your proposal to be be fair and equitable. Very truly yours, Individual Comment Berkeley, CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-02-06 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 dojP000437.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. 2002-02-06