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. Friday, January 18, 2002 6:13 PM Comment concerning interim final rules January 18, 2002 Kenneth L. Zwick Director, Office of Management Programs Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Dear Mr. Zwick: The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health is a non-profit provider of health-and-safety-related training, information and advocacy, serving workers throughout the New York metropolitan area, with a membership consisting of over 250 union organizations and 400 individuals -- union members, health and safety activists, injured workers, healthcare workers, attorneys, public health advocates, environmentalists and concerned citizens. On behalf of the members of NYCOSH, I submit the following comment on the Interim Final Rules: Anyone who sustained a disabling injury as a result of the September 11 attack ought to be eligible for federal compensation. It is completely unreasonable to deny such compensation to anyone who sustained a disabling injury, but did not obtain medical services within 24 hours of being injured. It is likely that many people received injuries that were serious enough to require medical attention, but not serious enough to visit an emergency room. If an injured person chose to seek treatment for the injury from their regular physician by making an appointment for treatment on the day after the attack, such a person would not be eligible under the interim rules? 24-hour time limit. It is very possible that some people who were injured in the attack were in such a state of psychological shock that they did not obtain medical treatment for days after the attack. It is reasonable to limit compensation to people who were injured as a result of the attack, but there is no reasonable basis for excluding anyone who, for whatever reason, delayed obtaining medical services for their injury. Sincerely, Comment by: New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health 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 dojN002010.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