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 06, 2001 7:20 PM Victim's relief fund Good day. I read the interesting article in the NYTimes today and decided it would be best for me to contribute my comments about the administration of the fund. I believe the amounts should in some way take into account the persons'/families' current assets. The widow of a wealthy Wall Street analyst can sell one of the SUVs if things get too tight. The widow of a window washer will be out on the street. I already see the outpouring of support by the entirety of the United States being twisted and skewed into a party politicking rampage. Enough already! There is enough cynicism in America regarding some of the decisions our illustrious elected officials make. I agree it is immensely difficult, costly, and confusing to administer this fund. Who qualifies as a victim? How is the "total charitable donations accepted" measured? Undoubtedly, the people that know how to work the system will get the most while needing it the least. The ones that really need it, the dishwashers, maids, and other service workers that were supporting their families and squeezing by will somehow get short shrift. Please, don't allow this outpouring of American support turn into a nightmare of a slush fund. I'm afraid that in 5 years' time we will be watching an episode of Frontline about poor victims who didn't receive a dime, while tearful debutantes with flashing jewelry march away with their share. Regards, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-06 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 dojW000144.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. 2001-11-06