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, December 06, 2001 7:40 PM September 11 Victim Compensation Fund Mr. Zwick: I am writing in response to the Justice Department's call for public comments regarding the regulations of up the "September 11 Victim Compensation Fund." My only suggestions is that the Department be sure to include the domestic partners and the non-biological children of gay and lesbian victims in its plan to help the victims of September 11. Obviously, the September 11 tragedy affected us all, and did no less to the families of gays and lesbians. If our nation is to be just in its attempt to aid those who suffered in these terrorist attacks, then it must not exclude any persons most directly affected by this horrible tragedy. I therefore urge the Department to do justice to those lost in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon by not discriminating against gays and lesbians simply because some object to the lifestyle engaged in by others. While having prejudicial views is acceptable, forcing these views on others is not. We must remember this as we attempt to help those families who lost loved ones on September 11. Many innocent people lost their lives on September 11, each of whom left behind loved ones. I urge the Department to respect and honor these victims, both those no longer with us and those who remain to pick up the pieces, by treating the families of gay and lesbian victims no differently than it would any other. Individual Comment Boca Raton, FL September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-06 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 dojA001228.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. 2001-12-06