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. Tuesday, November 06, 2001 5:12 PM One woman's opinion about the fund distribution. I have not lost anyone in the WTC or Pentagon attacks, but am concerned with where and how the money meant to help victims and families of victims is distributed. In my opinion, the funds should be distributed as evenly as possible, and distributed taking into consideration how much compensation a victim or family has *already* received, so that those who receive less through no fault of their own may be compensated fairly. This will be an emotional issue, but fairness and evenness should be considered over the emotional nature of those who feel they should not be limited by the fact that they have already received forms of compensation. No amount of money will ever restore families broken by this, but compassion and fairness will eventually help healing begin, with as few ill feelings about how the funds are distributed, as possible. If I had lost a family member or been affected, I would not want to take more than what was fair for my own circumstances and risk short-shrifting another family or person. That kind of uneven distribution, in my opinion, would only further deepen the tragedy. Another issue that seems like it should be addressed with the funds is the financial emergencies forced on low-income workers who have been displaced by the events of September... These people may not have suffered loss of family members, but have suffered loss of income, loss of quality of life, and no doubt have been suffering in their own ways. Sincerely, Individual Comment Oklahoma City, OK September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-06 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 dojW000135.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. 2001-11-06