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, March 26, 2002 2:38 PM Distribution guidance for 9/11 Victim's family members Special Master Kenneth Feinberg, Thank you for taking on this tough task. It has gone along way in a couple of months. I just have some comments and questions. First, I think the amount of compensation may be a great help to some families, but can be disastrous for our families. The large dollar amount tends to make people (including me) interpret rulings in a subjective manner, especially when the Final Ruling leaves open how the distribution of the compensation money will be carried out. Personally, I do not want any, but I want a say in how it is distributed. Here are 4 key questions: 1. Is the distribution a decision of just the Victim's Personal Representative? 2. Is there a form/write-up for a Victim's siblings or other family members to express their official opinions? 3. There is a clause in sections II.j and III.e that the fund distribution must be done "in a manner consistent with the law of the State or country where the victim lived, with any applicable rulings made by a court of competent jurisdiction, or as directed by the Special Master". Does one of the 3 choices over-rule the other? Which is the ultimate ruling authority? It would be stupid to appeal again and again. 4. Is there a definitive ruling in Virginia that says Victim's parents and siblings do not deserve to be compensated at all? The link to the Virginia Compensation Commission (http://www.vwc.state.va.us/) does not lead to such information. Nor does the person who answers the listed 1-800-552-4007 (program director, Ms. Ware). Would really appreciate getting some advices in a week. Thanks!!! Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-26 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 dojR002738.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. 2002-03-26