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. Dear Mr. Feinberg: I am writing to express my heartfelt disappointment at the lack of compassion and respect that has been afforded fiances of the Victims of September 11 by the Victims' Compensation Fund and those who are charged with administering it. These people have lost their life partners and the serious emotional problems that fiances have experienced and will experience because of the horrible events that occurred that day are not being addressed. Every day they turn on the radio, read newspapers, and watch television and are constantly reminded of their loss. They are subjected to the indignity of not being included in the Victims' Compensation Fund in any manner whatsoever if they happen to live in New York, New Jersey, etc. Early on, Mr. Feinberg, you stated that one of your tasks as the Special Master would be to address whether or not these people would be eligible for the Fund. This matter could and should have been addressed by you, not conveniently relegated to the States. It certainly is within your domain to make the decision to include fiances. A monetary settlement will not bring back their future spouses back but it will acknowledged their pain. The fact that they are being ignored is compounding their already immeasureable grief. Fiances are not trying to take money from grieving parents. They are just asking for inclusion in the group of people who are being deemed to "have lost the most". I implore you to reconsider and MAKE THE DECISION to compensate legitimate fiances fairly. Show them they matter. Thank you for your time and consideration. Individual Comment New York 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 dojP000603.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