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. Thursday, January 17, 2002 4:23 PM Comments to Interim Rules January 17, 2001 Kenneth L. Zwick Director, Office of Management Programs Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Main Building Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 Re: Comments to the Interim Final Rule Dear Mr. Zwick The calculations of the "consumption factor" used in determining the amount of economic losses to be awarded to the families of victims of September 11 need further explanation that I hope the final rules will provide. The "consumption factor" is an estimate of income that the victim would have personally consumed ordinarily during his or her work life. The consumption factors vary based on household size. Does this mean the victims household size at date of death, or the household size that is reasonably foreseeable? For instance, if the wife of a victim was pregnant at the time of the victims death and a child was born eight months later, I assume that this child would be included in the victims household size. To do otherwise would not take into consideration the fact that the victim would be spending money on this child that he therefore could not have spent on himself. The fact of the birth of this child lowers the amount that the victim could have personally consumed during his working life. The child must be recognized as being a part of the victims household even if he or she was not yet born on September 11. To not recognize that the victims future included this child would be unconscionable. Likewise, if a victim were engaged to be married it would be unfai to not respect the victims promise to wed. His future household would include a spouse and his "consumption factor" should reflect the fact that he would be spending money on his spouse and thus lowering the amount that he could have personally consumed during his working life. The fact that a person is engaged to be married can be verified by testimony as well as be evidence of contracts or correspondence with wedding service providers and guest lists and other paperwork that was prepared by the victim prior to death. To assume a victim that was engaged to be married would have a household size of "one" is dishonoring the victims clear intent and promise to wed. A victims fiancée had her life devastated to an extent that is comparable to a widow with no children and her pain and suffering should be recognized as it would be in a court of law. Please do the right thing. Very truly yours, Individual Comment Concord, MA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-17 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 dojN001951.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. 2002-01-17