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 12:34 AM Compensation for the Families of the Victims of the 911 terrorist acts I have read that the DOJ is going to write the rules for the compensation to the families of the September 11th tragedy, and that there is a movement that wants the US Government to reduce the awards to the families by the amounts given by the various charities. This is not consistent with the original purpose of the contributions, or with the compensation that was originally voted upon by congress. When we made our contribution, it was in full realization that the US Government planned to compensate the families. We made our voluntary contribution for the families of the victims, not as a way of diminishing the amount that the government would award. While some in congress may feel that it would be "double dipping" to allow the families to collect from both sources, we feel that there is no amount of compensation that can make up for the losses suffered by these people. Currently, there are 2 bills to stimulate the economy. The House bill leans strongly toward more tax breaks, heavily weighted toward the upper income brackets. These individuals need the money a lot less than the families of the victims, and we feel strongly that any plan to diminish the government's compensation to the families affected by the 9/11 tragedy would be a betrayal of those who died on 9/11, and their families. The United States Government owes the general public a lot, for it's failure to take the necessary action in past years to reduce the threats of terrorism, to have prevented the millions of illegal aliens from entering, and remaining in this country, and for allowing the aliens to overstay their visas. The DOJ bears it's share of the blame. Don't make matters worse by turning our backs on the victims and their families. The survivors will need support, financially and emotionally for the rest of their lives. Give them the portion that the US Government owes them. Individual Comment 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 dojW000162.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