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, November 07, 2001 2:46 PM re: charity and awards I strongly believe that the amount of charity a family has received should affect the amount of future awards they might be entitled to receiving from the government. It seems to me to be important to remember not only the victims and their needs, but to have respect for those that gave because they could, those that gave when they could have used it for their own families and those that pay taxes and have no choice in the matter. I hope that the award funds would be regulated in some manner so that abuses can be minimized. The Red Cross had funds available and I understand the need for immediate assistance, but I think that if a family received a large amount of money from this or any other charity, that amount should be taken into account when future award amounts are determined. Perhaps a figure could be reached as a guideline for that cap. According to the New York Times, some of the amounts distributed to the families were more than my yearly salary. I do appreciate the Red Cross and United Way and other large charities that are available to help in times like these, but the impression I have gotten since September 11th, is that they ask few questions, keep few records on how much or how many different charities these people have received funds from and I hope the Red Cross is taking into account that the funds they are using are not the Red Cross' but the money of hundreds of others who want to help that they are responsible for and would use the money with that responsibility in mind. I think most people would be disappointed to discover the possibility that a charity paid for a particular situation, such as a funeral, a car for transportation, several months of mortgage payments or rent, and then have the same family receive additional funds from the government for the same situation. My opinion only. Good luck in solving this dilemma. Individual Comment San Antonio, TX September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-07 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 dojW000194.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. 2001-11-07