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. 1/18/02 Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs U.S. Department of Justice Main Bldg 4 Room 3140 Washington, DC Dear Mr. Zwick, In the September 11 attack on the WTC, I lost my fiancee, &nbsp. She perished on the &nbsp floor of tower 1, where she worked as a registered nurse. We had a long loving relationship of 11 years. We had planned to be married very shortly thereafter. There are many domestic partners and/or fiancees who suffered the loss of their loved ones in this attack. Mr. Ken Feinberg, the Special Master, indicated that he will not recognize domestic partners or fiancees when distributing the funds. He said in our meeting in New Jersey on Wednesday that he was going to follow the laws of the domicile when it comes to who will get compensated. Mr. Feinberg bases some decisions on the law of the state (domicile) and federal guidelines for other decisions. We feel that he should recognize domestic partners since they make up a family unit. We feel that he can use his discretion for this decision and should relax the rules. Most public officials are in agreement on this point. We ask that you support us in giving the fiancees, domestic partners and/or same sex partners the same right to collect from the Victims Compensation Fund. Thank you in advance for giving this letter your highest consideration. Sincerely, Individual Comment Green Brook, NJ September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-18 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 dojN002541.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. 2002-01-18