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, November 13, 2001 3:35 PM Fw: VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND COMMENTS DEAR MR. ZWIK, I AM PROVIDING THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN REGARDS TO THE SEPT 11TH VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE LAST THING THE VICTIMS FAMILIES (HEREIN REFERRED TO AS THE FAMILIES) NEED IS PROTRACTED LITIGATION. ALACRITY IS ESSENTIAL. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FUND WILL BE STRUCTURED TO ENCOURAGE THE FAMILIES TO SURRENDER THEIR RIGHTS TO SUE. THAT BEING SO, I RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING GROUND RULES: 1. ANY AWARD WILL NOT BE REDUCED FOR OTHER BENEFITS (E.G., INSURANCE, PENSION, AND DEATH BENEFITS). THE OTHER BENEFITS WERE PAID FOR SEPARATELY AND SHOULD HAVE NO BEARING ON THE AWARD. 2. THE FAMILIES RETAIN THE RIGHT TO APPEAL. 3. IF THE APPEAL IS NOT AN OPTION, THEN THE FAMILIES WOULD CHOOSE THEIR MEDIATOR FROM A LIST PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS LIST WOULD INCLUDE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE MEDIATORS SO THAT THE FAMILIES MAY MAKE AN ENLIGHTENED CHOICE. 4. THE FAMILIES SHOULD HAVE SOME FORMULA TO CALCULATE A MINIMUM, ACCEPTABLE AWARD. THE FORMULA SHOULD CONSIDER LOST FUTURE EARNINGS, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, STANDARD OF LIVING, ETC. 5. ESTABLISH PARAMETERS TO CALCULATE PAIN AND SUFFERING AT THE MEDIATION HEARING. 6. IF THE MEDIATOR DOES NOT ADHERE TO THE ESTABLISHED PARAMETERS, THE FAMILIES MAY APPEAL. 7. THE AWARD MUST ENCOMPASS MORE THAN LOST FUTURE EARNINGS. IT MUST CONSIDER EMOTIONAL SECURITY, FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, AND OTHER NON-TANGIBLES. 8. THE AWARD WOULD BE AN "AWARD" AND THEREFORE NONTAXABLE BY FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. MAJOR, US MARINE CORPS RETIRED Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-13 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 dojW000338.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. 2001-11-13