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. Thursday, February 07, 2002 11:15 AM Response My family and I are extremely upset by the blatant materialism that we perceive as we watch the "compensation" for the surviors of September 11th unfold. We were totally supportive of the effort to assist the wives and children of those murdered in terriorist attack. We donated a $250 towards that effort in the days following the incident. I question that donation now. Why should the public donate money towards a cause if the government is going to make a tragedy into a bonanza for the survivors? When did it become the role of the government to compensate citizens for the loss of their family members? How does the death of one person become more valuable than others? If we compensate these "victims" they why don't we compensate all others for death as a result of natural, accidental or criminal causes? Why did not these "victims" have insurance or other back up means for the loss of their spouse or other means of support? If we as a country want to disperse the revenue of our government to special classes of individual, then let us begin with those that have suffered the loss of their family members who have given their lives in the armed services and the defense of their country. Those who remain should be thankful that they live in this wonderful country and have the opportunity to pick up their life and move forward not for how much they and their lawyers can bilke the country for. Where has individual reponsibility for ones own care gone? Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-02-07 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 dojP000453.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. 2002-02-07