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. February 12, 2002 Kenneth R. Feinberg, Esq., Special Master Federal Victims' Compensation Fund United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20530 Dear Mr. Feinberg: We represent the family of one of the victims on Flight 11 and we were among those who met with you on Thursday, February 7th in Boston. Initially, we would like to thank you for both your presentation and willingness to answer difficult questions from the audience regarding the tragic circumstances of September 11th. At the meeting, we briefly commented on two items that we had previously submitted as comments to Mr. Zwick on the Interim Rule. However, since the deadline for issuing the revised regulations is upcoming, we thought it may be useful to reiterate these specific items. Initially, as we mentioned at the meeting, there is no specific reference in the rules that awards shall not be subject to federal estate taxation. You indicated that this may be included in a letter; however, it would be advantageous for all if this were codified in the promulgated rules. Obviously, most other comments and questions were addressed to the deductibility of collateral sources, especially those that may be derived from life insurance proceeds. A 100% deduction of life insurance proceeds may well negate any award for some individuals, except for the $250,000 amount you described. A better approach may be to exclude the first $500,000 or $750,000 in life insurance proceeds from collateral source setoff in determining awards. Otherwise, the setoff amount could be determined by a sliding scale depending upon the total collateral sources of assets in the decedent's estate. In any event, it appears that a more equitable amendment of this component of the rule is needed. Again, thank you for your presentation last week. We look forward to continuing to work with you in the future. Very truly yours, Individual Comment Wellesley Hills, MA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-02-12 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 dojP000612.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. 2002-02-12