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, January 28, 2002 8:39 AM Fairness My comment is that I would hope that the announced, complex formulaic method of calculating victim compensation awards for the survivors of the 9/11 attack will be reconsidered in favor of a set figure (or, at most, a very simple calculation based on number of dependents) for each death. IMO, fairness and pragmatism coincide in this matter. Each life was precious, each death outrageous, each surviving victim worthy of our compassion, in equal measure. Insurance, pensions, savings, etc. etc. etc. should have NOTHING to do with it. If some were able to achieve some financial mitigation of catastrophe on their own, or via their professional associations, so much the better. As a matter of policy, this should be encouraged, not penalized. It seems obvious to me that compensation in this matter would be most fairly perceived by the public and by the surviving victims if it were awarded completely without reference to the deceased individual's prior financial preparation. The message would then be, "Every victim of terrorism matters equally, period". Such a policy is its own defense. The current disgusting media circus of claims, counterclaims, nitpicking and carping would not exist if this policy were adopted. Please reconsider, and adopt the obvious, simplest, and fairest policy as suggested. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-28 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 dojP000221.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. 2002-01-28