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, December 05, 2001 4:59 PM Attn: Kenneth L. Zwick, Dept. Justice Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs, Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Dear Mr. Zwick, I am writing in response to the request by your office for public feedback concerning the drafting, implementation, and administration of the "September 11 Victim Compensation Fund." I think it is very important for the language included in forthcoming regulations to include compensation for the widows of gay and lesbian partnerships, as well as their children, biological or not. Family is defined more broadly today than it ever has, and I think it valid that those who considered themselves the family of a victim or victims in this tragic event be included and compensated equally as those in a more traditional scenario. Furthermore, as the supervising manager of a restaurant that proudly took part in the nation-wide "Windows of Hope" charity day, a day where a portion of our proceeds and those of hundreds of other restaurants for one evening went to the families of those restaurant workers that were killed in Windows on the World, I strongly lend my voice to the families of those victims as well. Many of those people who worked for Windows on the World as well as those that worked in the World Trade Center, were undocumented residents of this country. Therefore, their families, many of whom are either living elsewhere in the world or are also undocumented, have not recieved the kind of governmental aide that those who are citizens of the United States have. I feel that your Compensation Fund also ought to take the stance that the American Red Cross has by encouraging those who are victims and may be illegal to come forward for help without the fear of arrest and deportation. In this trying time, we must look past such petty laws and look into the lives of those that have lost so much. This a human issue, a global issue, and one that supercedes, for the time being, immigration law. Thank you for your time. Respectfully, Individual Comment Coral Gables, FL September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-05 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 dojA000977.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. 2001-12-05