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, Novermber 07, 2001 1:46 PM Comments on the Fund The application process should be kept as simple as possible. In order to apply for compensation: * the Victims name, D.O.B., Social Security Number, and last known address must be provided by the claimant * A copy of the certified death certificate or the hospital injury report should be provided as proof of loss or injury *If the victim was employed at the WTC, Pentagon, or as a crew member of the an airliner: a notarized letter from the victims employer should be provided. This letter should include the victims dates of employment, capacity of employment, and whether or not the victim was known to be working on the day of the attack. (A standardized form could be provided to claimants by the DOJ in lieu of a letter) *If the victim was a passenger on one of the four aircraft: Airline name, Flight Number, and a notorized letter (or form as mentioned above) signed by an airline representative should be submitted Compensation should be reduced by any medical insurance benefits (for injuries) and by any life insurance policies (in cases of death). The program should be implemented in a way that helps families pay expenses--funerals, doctor bills not covered by other insurance, lost wages (for a limited period of time), etc...It should not be designed as the sole source of support for each family--it should help get them back on their feet. Some of the fund should be set aside to help pay future college expenses (say 50% of expenses) in cases where children lost a parent and could also offer to send a surviving parent to college (in situations where one parent stayed at home and has no formal training or degree). In order to apply for future college funds, applicants would have to apply now---number of children applying for and their ages. The money could then be set aside now and given later. I do not think the fund should cover any attorney fees nor should the amount of compensation be reduced by charitable gifts. Tracing charitable gift amounts would be too difficult and time consuming and attorneys would charge their clients exorbitant fees to cash in. This process can be quite simple. Just keep the breaucracy out and think simple.If you make it complicated it will only serve to upset families even more. Individual Comment Cordova, TN September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-09 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 dojW000186.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. 2001-11-09