271 20 12614 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, March 21, 2002 1:00 AM Exclusion of Gay Partners I want to register my dismay at the failure to recognize the partners of gay and lesbian victims on the same basis as other family members. There's ample president for their inclusion. The failure to include gay partners is unjust and blatantly discriminatory. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-21 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 dojR002461.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. 2002-03-21 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. ednesday, December 19, 2001 12:37 PM equal access to benefits December 19, 2001 Dear Mr. Kenneth Zwick, I write as a member of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights movement committed to ensuring respect for the basic human rights of people without discrimination, in support of equal access to benefits under the September 11 Victims Relief Fund for all victims, regardless of sexual orientation or marital status. As you know, the United States has committed to uphold international human rights standards, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which prohibit arbitrary discrimination. As you consider rules for administering the relief fund, I ask that you apply basic international human rights standards, and the general principle of equality, by including among relatives eligible for compensation those who lost their life partners, as well as de facto parents or children, without regard to sexual orientation or marital status. The State of New York has already adopted such a policy, granting compensation benefits "on a showing of mutual interdependence with the victim, in recognition that anyone who shared with the victim living expenses, day to day activities and the emotional bonds of family deserves help in this time of need." Many lesbian and gay people were killed in the September 11th attacks. Since then, lesbian and gay surviving partners of those killed have had mixed results in obtaining equal treatment at the local level in the distribution of relief funds by private and state agencies. An inclusive policy on the part of the federal government would help establish an important principle for other such funds. In compensating victims, real justice will be served only when all families - and all types of families - impacted by the human rights tragedy of September 11 are treated with dignity and equality. Thank you for considering my concerns. I look forward to hearing from you about your efforts to ensure that all surviving victims of the September 11 attacks have equal access to the relief fund. Sincerely, Individual Comment Hanover, NH September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-19 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 dojA003228.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. 2001-12-19 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, December 16, 2001 10:46 AM Surviors of Sept 11 Families Special Master Kenneth R. Feinberg September 11th Victim Compensation Fund U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20530 To Mr. Feinberg: I am writing to urge you to ensure fair treatment for all surviving families of the tragedy on September 11th, including the children and families of low-wage workers and gay and lesbian families. Under traditional rules based on lost wages, the survivors of a bond trader earning millions of dollars per year might receive thousands of times as much compensation as the survivors of a dishwasher in one of the restaurants destroyed. Justice requires looking far beyond the last paycheck to the inherent worth of all those killed, so that a high minimum compensation level is set to lessen the disparities. It would be a double blow to the survivors to first lose their loved one and then watch as most of the taxpayer money went to those who were already well off in the first place. The second major issue has to do with recognizing the legitimacy of gay and lesbian relationships and families. Gay and lesbian families are especially vulnerable when one partner is killed. Because the option of marriage is unavailable, these families may find themselves in the traumatic predicament of having to prove that their union is legitimate. Fortunately, both the Red Cross and the State of New York have already announced that they will not discriminate against gay and lesbian families. The Department of Justice should do the same. Thank you for considering my comments. I look forward to hearing how you will act on these very important issues. Sincerely, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-16 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 dojA002061.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. 2001-12-16 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. Monday, March 11, 2002 4:52 PM FW: Compensation rules Monday, March 11, 2002 2:44 PM Compensation rules I am just curious as to why the Fund Leaders are willing to go against US law for illegal aliens and yet cowers for Gays and Lesbians. You are willing to overlook the fact that people and businesses have violated immigration laws and yet you are afraid of lawsuits that may or may not result from helping law abiding American citizens based on who they loved and with whom they shared a home. As an American citizen and a Lesbian I am getting really tired of hearing how United the US is now. We have become a more united nation but as time passes and the wounds are not so fresh we are beginning to see that we are United as long as you fit the criteria. If you fall into a category that we don't like well that is just too bad for you. It is shameful that the 911 fund cares more illegal immigrants than for heroes like and and the many others who died alongside their fellow Americans and Foreign nationals. It is people like you who run this fund and others who claim that Gays just want special rights. Yet we maintain that we just want what is equal for all Americans. Now we just want what is fair even if your an illegal immigrant. I have a question for you. If you have an illegal immigrant who is eligible to receive funds but was involved in a same-sex relationship would you pay it? Or would your homophobia give you a reason to find a loophole to deny those benefits as well. Honor the victims and their families as a group do not try to divide us again by hatred and bigotry. Do you honestly believe that a Gay man or Lesbian woman grieves any less when their partner dies than a heterosexual couple? Do you believe that just because they live together without a commitment, which the government will not allow, then we have a right to treat them as just good friends of the victim without benefits or protections? You had a chance to show the world that America cares for all of its citizens and those here illegally. Instead you decided to desecrate the memory of those who died and say,"Well your death just isn't as traumatic as everyone else's, maybe if your weren't queer we would treat you just like a "normal" person." I realize you will probably never read this message but I felt strongly enough to write you and say I hope you never have to experience the prejudice and hatred that you are perpetuating with you inane decisions. You should be ashamed of yourselves and you should rectify your mistake. I won't hold my breath while you try to catch a clue. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-11 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 dojR000204.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. 2002-03-11 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, December 19, 2001 12:35 PMZ Equal Access to Victims Relief Fund benefits December 19, 2001 Dear Mr. Kenneth Zwick, I write as a member of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights movement committed to ensuring respect for the basic human rights of people without discrimination, in support of equal access to benefits under the September 11 Victims Relief Fund for all victims, regardless of sexual orientation or marital status. As you know, the United States has committed to uphold international human rights standards, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which prohibit arbitrary discrimination. As you consider rules for administering the relief fund, I ask that you apply basic international human rights standards, and the general principle of equality, by including among relatives eligible for compensation those who lost their life partners, as well as de facto parents or children, without regard to sexual orientation or marital status. The State of New York has already adopted such a policy, granting compensation benefits "on a showing of mutual interdependence with the victim, in recognition that anyone who shared with the victim living expenses, day to day activities and the emotional bonds of family deserves help in this time of need." Many lesbian and gay people were killed in the September 11th attacks. Since then, lesbian and gay surviving partners of those killed have had mixed results in obtaining equal treatment at the local level in the distribution of relief funds by private and state agencies. An inclusive policy on the part of the federal government would help establish an important principle for other such funds. In compensating victims, real justice will be served only when all families - and all types of families - impacted by the human rights tragedy of September 11 are treated with dignity and equality. Thank you for considering my concerns. I look forward to hearing from you about your efforts to ensure that all surviving victims of the September 11 attacks have equal access to the relief fund. Sincerely, Individual Comment San Francisco, CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-19 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 dojA003223.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. 2001-12-19 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. December 13, 2001 Special Master Kenneth R. Feinberg September 11th Victim Compensation Fund U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20530 To Mr. Feinberg: I am writing to urge you to ensure fair treatment for all surviving families of the tragedy on September 11th, including the children and families of low-wage workers and gay and lesbian families. Under traditional rules based on lost wages, the survivors of a bond trader earning millions of dollars per year might receive thousands of times as much compensation as the survivors of a diswasher in one of the restaraunts destroyed. Justice requires looking far beyond the last paycheck to the inherent worth of all those killed, so that a high minimum compensation level is set to lessen the disparities. It would be a double blow to the survivors to first lose their loved one and then watch as most of the taxpayers money went to those who were already well off in the first place. The second major issue has to do with recognizing the legitimacy of gay and lesbian relationships and families. Gay and lesbian famillies are especially vulerable when one partner is killed. Because the option of marriage is unavailable, these families may find themselves in a traumatic predicament of having to prove that their union is legitimate. Fortunaely, both the Red Cross and the State of New York have already announced that they will not discriminate against gay and lesbian families. The Department of Justice should do the same. Thank you for considering my comments. I look forward to hearing how you will act on these very important issues. Sincerely, Individual Comment Philadelphia, PA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-13 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 dojA002392.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. 2001-12-13 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, December 20, 2001 9:40 AM FAIR Compensation for Terror Victims Special Master Kenneth R. Feinberg September 11th Victim Compensation Fund U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20530 To Mr. Feinberg: I am writing to urge you to ensure fair treatment for all surviving families of the tragedy on September 11th, including the children and families of low-wage workers and gay and lesbian families. Under traditional rules based on lost wages, the survivors of a bond trader earning millions of dollars per year might receive thousands of times as much compensation as the survivors of a dishwasher in one of the restaurants destroyed. Justice requires looking far beyond the last paycheck to the inherent worth of all those killed, so that a high minimum compensation level is set to lessen the disparities. It would be a double blow to the survivors to first lose their loved one and then watch as most of the taxpayer money went to those who were already well off in the first place. The second major issue has to do with recognizing the legitimacy of gay and lesbian relationships and families. Gay and lesbian families are especially vulnerable when one partner is killed. Because the option of marriage is unavailable, these families may find themselves in the traumatic predicament of having to prove that their union is legitimate. Fortunately, both the Red Cross and the State of New York have already announced that they will not discriminate against gay and lesbian families. The Department of Justice should do the same. Thank you for considering my comments. I look forward to hearing how you will act on these very important issues. Sincerely, Individual Comment Wantage, NJ September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-20 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 dojA004207.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. 2001-12-20 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. November 21, 2001 Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division Main Building, Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Dear Mr. Zwick, Yesterday I forwarded to you on behalf of 9-11 victims the attached letter with numerous signatures. Please find attached hereto another copy of that letter with additional signatures, many of which were faxed to me as a result of the deadlines imposed. Sincerely, September 11th Victims Families Colts Neck, NJ ATTACHMENT 1 November 21, 2001 Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs Civil Division Main Building, Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Dear Mr. Zwick, With heavy hearts we write this letter to you representing not only ourselves, but the hundreds of other families whose loved ones were either hurt or killed in the tragic events of September 11, 2001. On that day, our lives spiraled out of control. Writing this letter to you in response to your request for comments about the Victims Compensation Fund is one step in our efforts at regaining control over our new lives, and learning to have hope for tomorrow. The Victims Compensation Fund's intent is to make whole families of the victims. While the fund is set up as a convenient, expedient process, we are concerned and do share some reservations about its ability to make us whole. OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD Most importantly, we are concerned that we will not be given a complete and full opportunity to be heard, should we choose to do so. Each of us rightfully deserves the opportunity to be fairly heard before a hearing officer. We would like to have the occasion to present evidence through our own testimony and the testimony of expert witnesses. We would like for each of our cases to be considered on a case-by-case basis. For many of us, being given the right to be heard is a crucial and extremely valuable part of our healing process. Lack of economic means should not foreclose such an opportunity. We hope that you can understand this. Currently, most, if not all of us, are in financial distress. We do not have the economic means to hire the necessary experts for our particular cases. We do not want to be precluded from retaining the services of these expert witnesses simply because of our own financial inability to do so. Therefore, we believe that all expert fees should be paid directly out of the compensation fund by the Special Master, and that there should be no limit on garnering such fees. RIGHT TO APPEAL AND FORM OF PAYMENT One of our greatest concerns is that the current statutory schemes are removing our options. With the passage of the most recent legislation removing all public entities from fault, we are left with one viable means of recovery - the Victims Compensation Fund. Please understand, by electing the Fund we are forfeiting our right to bring a third-party lawsuit. We are forfeiting our right to find actual fault against and entity (the federal government, the Port Authority, the airlines, etc.) - that would psychologically provide us with some kind of answers as to why this horrible event was even able to occur. If we are forfeiting our right to bring a third-party lawsuit, we should be guaranteed a right to appeal in exchange. If we are going to put our fate in the hands of a hearing officer, we should at the very least have the right to appeal his or her decision. We would also like the option to receive any payments made either in one lump sum, or through a structured pay out of the decedent's beneficiary, consistent with what our personal investment advisors recommend for each of our individual family circumstances. For example, any payment made to minor children should be in trust. In addition, the parent of said minor children should determine the date of vesting. the trust should not automatically vest at the age of 18, unless the parent determines that it is in the children's own best interests to do so. ECONOMIC LOSSES Of critical importance to us, is the fair computation of economic losses. We strongly oppose any cap being placed upon this portion of recovery. Simply put, no one should be penalized because their loved one worked long, hard hours and earned a "good salary". Every case is unique and deserves individual treatment, but we would like to know beforehand how economic damages will be calculated for loss of earnings and work related benefits. This will, at least, provide us with a base from which we can begin to make a decision as to whether the fund will provide us with adequate compensation to survive. We request an approach similar to that used in personal injury actions. However, neither age nor marital status should be a discriminatory factor. retirement should be set at age 68. The decedent's income should be averaged over the past 3 working years. The decedent's age should be subtracted from 68. Those two numbers should be multiplied together, thereby gleaning a starting point for computation. From this base point, other factors such as inflation, wage-increases, merit, likely bonuses and advancement, and any other benefits should be considered. We should be given the right to present expert testimony to prove these losses. For many, the lost income streams may be contingent, variable, or unpredictable. We do not believe that our families should be penalized because of this. the hearing officers should be permitted to consider the testimony of experts concerning such things as the likelihood of advancement, the bonus scheme unique to each company and each department in each company, economic cycles, performance reviews, as well as, how the compensation of other co-workers progressed during the course of their working lives. In those cases where the compensation is extremely variable and dependant upon commissions, as a base, we believe that the hearing officer should consider the average of the best three out of five years of employment. NON-ECONOMIC LOSSES There should also be absolutely no cap on the non-economic losses awarded by the Fund. Each person's circumstances must be evaluated individually. Each case should take into account the decedent's age, the marital status, and the number and ages of the decedent's children. Moreover, the severity of pain and suffering (both mental and physical) of not only the decedent, but also the spouse, children, parents, and next of kin of the decedent should also be evaluated. Non-economic losses should be calculated similar to that in personal injury actions, But, again, neither age, marital status, nor dependency status should be a detriment. Special consideration must be given to the fact that eyewitness testimony concerning the horrific pain and suffering endured by our loved ones may be impossible to elicit. Thus, the hearing officer should consider the reports and/or testimony of expert witnesses who may describe based upon their training and experiences what the decedent went through both mentally and physically prior to his or her own death. Hearsay testimony should be permitted. Moreover, we do not believe that there should be a limitation on the types of injuries to be compensated. We are concerned that we may suffer from real and devastating emotional harm not immediately apparent after the attack; harm for which we should be compensated. In addition to personal injury, we may suffer the loss of the ability to earn an income, we may incur large medical bills, etc. All of these things should be compensated for by the Fund. We strongly oppose any attempt to place into a formula or matrix a predetermined methodology for calculating our other losses. Each family situation is different. We have the right to be treated as individuals. Compensation for non-economic losses is crucial to the survival of some families, such as the firemen and policemen's. Any family who has a considerable amount of coverage in life insurance will need some incentive to enter the Fund, since life insurance proceeds are currently scheduled to be deducted from any recovery. We strongly disagree with the proposal as outlined below. Certainly, we would expect any non-economic recovery from this Fund to be generous in light of the terrible circumstances of September 11th. COLLATERAL SOURCES Finally, we are very concerned about the possible use of collateral sources to offset any amount recovered from the Fund. Life insurance should not be deducted from Fund payments. Simply put, life insurance is not taxed by IRS for one reason-it encourages people to plan for their heirs. To deduct any life insurance from Fund payments would penalize those who were merely responsible estate planners. The decedents sacrificed and saved hard-earned money to pay for such plans. They are already victims once, do not make them victim's twice. At the very least premiums paid should be offset against the life insurance deductions. Moreover, pension funds, IRAs, and 401k plans should not be deducted from the fund's recovery amount. Again, our loved ones sacrificed to save for these plans as part of a responsible estate planning program. Essentially, they are savings accounts, and they should not be deducted from any award received from Fund. There should be no deductions from any Fund recovery for any "in kind" contributions made to our families. In addition, all potential future collateral source payments should similarly be excluded from consideration as deductions from any compensation recovery. With regard to charity, Americans across this country donated their hard-earned money as a symbol of their patriotism, and our brotherhood as a nation. To deduct this charity money from any final payment would, in our opinion, be wrong. Donations made to families like us were generously and selflessly given to us as a form of healing for both donor and recipient. Every single dollar donated and received gives each one of us a hope for tomorrow and a belief on our country as a united whole. Please do not denigrate this beautiful symbol of our nation standing together as one by turning it into a dollars and cents computation. In closing, we sincerely thank you for considering our comments. We are all struggling through extremely difficult times. Your asking for our input about the Victims Compensation Fund-something that will have an enormous and tremendous bearing on the rest of our lives-truly and honestly gives us a small bit of peace in our restless minds. We can only ask you to please keep our children and ourselves in your hearts during the weeks ahead. Sincerely, Comment by: September 11th Victims Families Colts Neck, NJ ATTACHMENT 2 East Meadow NY Marlboro, NJ Hazlet NJ WKeansburg NJ Hazlet NJ W.Keansburgs N.J. Hazlet N.J. old Bridge, NJ Manalapan NJ Morganville NJ Marlboro, N.J. English Town, NJ Englishton, NJ Hackettstown, NJ Pompton Plains, NJ Bedminster, NJ Closter, NJ Midland Dr, NJ Hawthorne, NJ Garfield NJ Ridgewood, NJ New York, NY Bklyn. NY Sharon MA Hoboken NJ Linin, N J Chatham, NJ Springfield, NJ Livingston NJ South Orange, NJ Shord Hills, NJ Union Beach, NJ Orange, NJ Chatham, NJ Rye, NJ Harrison, NY Alexandria, VA New York, NY Port Washington, NY DoeylaIton, NY NHP, NY G.H., N.Y. Levittown, NY Glen Head NY Manhasset NY Glen Oaks, NY Cark Place, NY Merreck, NY Maplewood, NJ Short Hills, NJ Dr. SH NJ South Orange, NJ Arvada, Co Summit, NJ Far Hills, NJ Freehold, NJ New Canaan, CT Madouon, NJ Florham Park, NJ Hobken, NJ Portsmouth, NH Staten Is, NY West Orange, NJ Morgonville NJ Hanover, NJ Bloomfield, NJ Robbbinsville, NJ Boca Raton, FL Pampino Beach, FL Oakland Park, FL Brooklyn, N.Y. Lake Hiawatha, NJ Short Hills, NJ Kearssy, NJ Newark, NJ Maspeth, NY Leawood, KS Mineola, NY NW, Washington, D.C. Jersey City, NJ Fanwood, NJ Stewart Manor, N.Y. Garden City, N.Y. September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-21 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 dojW000791.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. 2001-11-21 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, December 05, 2001 2:58 PM Compensation for Families of Sept 11 attack Kenneth L. Zwick Director Office of Management Programs U.S. Department of Justice Dear Mr. Zwick, I am writing to express my support for including gay/lesbian/bisexual and transgender families in the "Victim Compensation Fund." As an American citizen who has lived in a family relationship with another man for nearly seventeen years, and as the father of a two-year old boy, I believe that our family is no less deserving the protection and support of our nation than any other. And should we personally experience a tragedy of the magnitude of September 11, I would hope that the nation would come to our aid as fellow Americans. My hope is that one day our nation will rise above the petty divisiveness we so often see and hear, and recognize the great wonder and diversity of the families that weave together the fabric of our society. Thank you, Individual Comment Charleston, SC September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-05 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 dojA000837.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. 2001-12-05 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, March 12, 2002 11:00 PM Sept 11th Victims Fund To whom it may concern: Gays, lesbians and their partners should NOT be left out of the Sept 11th Victims Fund. and other gay americans that lost their lives due to the tragic events on that fateful day have just as much right to the compensation and recognition as every other american that lost their life. Individual Comment Reno NV September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-12 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 dojR000538.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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. Friday, March 15, 2002 2:22 PM 9-11 Fund Discriminates Against Discriminating against the gay victims of 9-11 is a detestable situation which this government is letting happen. One of the paramount responsibilities of the Federal Government is to protect the civil rights of its minority citizens. Basing the decision of whether to extend the same civil rights to a minority, on a poll or a vote of the majority in a given community is wrong. Its a lesson we most recently learned again in the 60s. If the Federal Government did not accept the mantel of responsibility at that time, we'd still have the humiliating and degrading Jim Crowe laws on the books. Shame on the Bush Administration! Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-15 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 dojR000855.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. 2002-03-15 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, December 19, 2001 12:32 PM September 11 Victims Relief Fund December 19, 2001 Dear Mr. Kenneth Zwick, I write as a member of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights movement committed to ensuring respect for the basic human rights of people without discrimination, in support of equal access to benefits under the September 11 Victims Relief Fund for all victims, regardless of sexual orientation or marital status. As you know, the United States has committed to uphold international human rights standards, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which prohibit arbitrary discrimination. As you consider rules for administering the relief fund, I ask that you apply basic international human rights standards, and the general principle of equality, by including among relatives eligible for compensation those who lost their life partners, as well as de facto parents or children, without regard to sexual orientation or marital status. The State of New York has already adopted such a policy, granting compensation benefits "on a showing of mutual interdependence with the victim, in recognition that anyone who shared with the victim living expenses, day to day activities and the emotional bonds of family deserves help in this time of need." Many lesbian and gay people were killed in the September 11th attacks. Since then, lesbian and gay surviving partners of those killed have had mixed results in obtaining equal treatment at the local level in the distribution of relief funds by private and state agencies. An inclusive policy on the part of the federal government would help establish an important principle for other such funds. In compensating victims, real justice will be served only when all families - and all types of families - impacted by the human rights tragedy of September 11 are treated with dignity and equality. Thank you for considering my concerns. I look forward to hearing from you about your efforts to ensure that all surviving victims of the September 11 attacks have equal access to the relief fund. Sincerely, Individual Comment Oxnard, CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-19 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 dojA003216.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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. Monday, November 26, 2001 8:11 PM Attack on America Dear Attorney General Ashcroft, The deaths on September 11th were the result of an attack on America. Please do not discriminate against the unmarried partners of September 11th victims. All unmarried partners, gay or straight, young and old and their dependents should be eligible for compensation. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-26 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 dojW000696.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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. Friday, December 21, 2001 7:46 AM Justice help all terrorist victims Dear Mr. Zwick: The very humane Fund for relatives of victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks must include all relatives of all the victims. This importantly should include the partners and children of same sex unions. They suffer just as grievously for their deceased loved ones as do other survivors, and their need for assistance is just as great. Please do not give in to the importuning of callous homophobic groups and individuals who would have the Department of Justice limit compensation to survivors of heterosexual unions. They are interested in a political victory, not humane assistance. This Fund is intended for humane purposes; it is not a political statement, Mr. Zwick. Sincerely, Individual Comment Tallahassee, FL September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-21 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 dojN000363.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. 2001-12-21 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. Monday, March 11, 2002 4:41 PM Gays and lesbians are people too How dare you not give funds to the domestic partners of 9/11 victims? It makes my stomach turn to think I live in such a nation. Another voter, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-11 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 dojR000241.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. 2002-03-11 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. Monday, March 18, 2002 9:11 PM Disbursement of the 9-11 Fund I am an American, I am a brother, an uncle, a friend, a business associate, a human being, a tax payer and I also happen to be Gay. I am not ashamed of any of these BUT I am very disgusted with Mr. Kenneth Feinberg, Head of the September 11 Victim's Compensation Fund that is planning on limiting the kind of compensation that will be given to gay and lesbian victims of the September 11 attacks. Is this the first step? Will non-Christians be excluded? Will non-whites be next? Why include NON Americans but not us? Am I less than these NON Americans? We are no different than anyone else; hurt us and we cry, cut us and we bleed as we did in New York on 9-11 and we do in Afghanistan today. We don't ask for anything special, we ask for the same things allowed to other Americans. I hope Mr. Feinberg will reconsider his stand and I hope that President Bush will insist that we are treated as Americans PERIOD. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-18 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 dojR001804.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. 2002-03-18 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, March 21, 2002 7:09 PM Give me a break! The amount of money that these people are getting is beyond ridiculous. I DON'T think people should be super wealthy off the cost of taxpayers! Normally a person should have ten times their income in life insurance. I feel most victims had life insurance. An average of $1.6 million! GIVE ME A BREAK! I'm so sorry it happened but people die everyday! What about the soldier that lost his life due to friendly fire? should the Government give the family a million or maybe two million? what about OK city victims? People should not PROFIT from this! Yes they are PROFITING! Some families are getting filthy rich off this tragedy! Then some people have the NERVE to say it's not enough! It should be ok to get funds from private sources but I don't think it's the Government place to pay this money. It wasn't the governments fault this happened! Then the Government needs to compensate those families that lost loved ones to drunk drivers, war efforts, robberies, random shootings and what about shootings in the schools? Compensate those also! GIVE ME A BREAK!! Warmest Regards, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-21 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 dojR002577.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. 2002-03-21 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. December 13, 2001 Special Master Kenneth R. Feinberg September 11th Victim Compensation Fund U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20530 To Mr. Feinberg: I am writing to urge you to ensure fair treatment for all surviving families of the tragedy on September 11th, including the children and families of low-wage workers and gay and lesbian families. Under traditional rules based on lost wages, the survivors of a bond trader earning millions of dollars per year might receive thousands of times as much compensation as the survivors of a dishwasher in one of the restaurants destroyed. Justice requires looking far beyond the last paycheck to the inherent worth of all those killed, so that a high minimum compensation level is set to lessen the disparities. It would be a double blow to the survivors to first lose their loved one and then watch as most of the taxpayer money went to those who were already well off in the first place. The second major issue has to do with recognizing the legitimacy of gay and lesbian relationships and families. Gay and lesbian families are especially vulnerable when one partner is killed. Because the option of marriage is unavailable, these families may find themselves in the traumatic predicament of having to prove that their union is legitimate. Fortunately, both the Red Cross and the State of New York have already announced that they will not discriminate against gay and lesbian families. The Department of Justice should do the same. Thank you for considering my comments. I look forward to hearing how you will act on these very important issues. Sincerely, Individual Comment San Francisco, CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-13 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 dojA004647.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. 2001-12-13 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. Monday, March 11, 2002 Do NOT leave GAYS out of Sept 11th Activities and Money Do NOT LEAVE GAYS OUT OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH ACTIVITIES, HONORS AND MONEYS. THESE GAYS WERE HEROES AND STOP TREATING THEM AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS. THE LAWS ARE THE PROBLEM HERE! Individual Comment Redondo Beach, CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-11 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 dojR000103.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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. Friday, December 21, 2001 6:03 AM Help same sex partners of terrorist victims Dear Mr. Zwick: The very humane Fund for relatives of victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks must include all relatives of all the victims. This importantly should include the partners and children of same sex unions. They suffer just as grievously for their deceased loved ones as do other survivors, and their need for assistance is just as great. Please do not give in to the importuning of callous homophobic groups and individuals who would have the Department of Justice limit compensation to survivors of heterosexual unions. They are interested in a political victory, not humane assistance. This Fund is intended for humane purposes; it is not a political statement, Mr. Zwick. Sincerely, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-21 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 dojN000239.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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