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. 14 December 2001 Congressman Steny H. Hoyer United States House of Representatives 1705 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Fax 201.225.4300 The Honorable Barbara A. Mikulski United States Senator from Maryland Washington, DC fax--202.224.8858 The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes United States Senator from Maryland Washington, DC fax--301.589.0589 Dear Senators Mikulski and Sarbanes, and Congressman Hoyer, I am sending, via facsimile transmission, a letter addressed to Philip J. Perry, Acting Associate Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, who is overseeing a review of the Federal Victims' Compensation Fund. The Fund was established to offer financial assistance to survivors of those killed at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. I am writing to Mr. Perry--and I appeal to you--to ask that wording in the Fund be modified to include domestic partners, personal representatives, or the estate of those who were killed in the attack on the Pentagon and on our country. The reason I ask that you become advocates for this modification is that, at preset, my dear friend and neighbor, , is not eligible to seek assistance from the Fund. Her partner of eighteen years, , who worked as an analyst for , was killed when American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon. Since that day, is facing not only the grief of her personal loss, but she also must contend with financial uncertainties created by sudden death. Please take a moment to read the letter to Mr. Perry and also to view the many signatures of those who believe, as I do, that the Federal Victims' Compensation Fund should not exclude such good neighbors, friends, citizens, and patriots as . I urge you to please become advocates for permitting domestic partners to seek financial assistance from the Federal Victim's Compensation Fund. Respectfully, At present, some survivors of those killed in the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 are not eligible to seek financial aid form the Federal Victims' Compensation Fund. In particular, domestic partners are ineligible for consideration. We, the undersigned, ask that the wording of the Fund be modified to allow domestic partners, personal representatives, and the estates of those who were killed consideration by the Federal Victims' Compensation Fund. Comment by Multiple Individuals: Hyattsville, MD Takoma Pk, MD Columbia, MD Laurel, MD Silver Spring, MD University Park, MD Chevy Chase, MD Wash, DC Riverdale, MD Bethesda, MD Betlsville, MD Lanham, MD Ellicott City, MD Adelphi, MD September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-11 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 dojA004596.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. 2002-01-11