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. Sunday, November 25, 2001 9:27 PM Attachment 1: These comments are submitted in response to the 911 Compensation Fund as it is currently written.  As a family who has been directy affected by the tragic events of Sept 11th and who lost a very close friend, we hope that his family will be taken care of.  As such, the statute as it is currently written does not go far enough to protect the victims of Sept 11.  These proposed comments should be incorporated into the Fund to better care for the victims and their families. 1.  The families should have the right to Appeal any decision made for them with respect to the compensation they will be receiving.  It most situations, individuals have a right to appeal a decision made in a court of law.  A judgment rendered against a party in a court of law is appealeable and as such, a finding by the Special Master should similarly be appealeable. 2.  With respect to the actual payment of the monies to the families, each individual family should be able to determine how their funds will be paid to them.  Some might prefer an annuity while others would prefer a lump sum.  This decision is one which should be left to the families and not to the Federal Government. 3.  The victims and their families WILL NOT tolerate a cap on earnings that the deceased individual would have earned over his/her lifetime.  Many families lost loved ones just starting out in their careers with infinite potential.  The government CANNOT begin to speculate as to what they would have and could have earned over their lifetime.  4.  The age of retirement should be increased to between the ages of 65-68.  It should not be assumed that our loved ones would have retired at an earlier age simply because of where they were employed and for the fact that they worked on WAll Street.   The 911 Compensation Fund has been created to deter lawsuits and at the same time to take care of the victims and their families.  Although our loved ones cannot be brought back, with the inclusion of the above proposed suggestions, their families will receive some compensation for their pain and suffering. In addition, we hope that once these claims are settled in their best interest, they will be able to close the chapter to this horrific part of their lives.    Thank you, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-25 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 dojW000545.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. 2001-11-25