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. Saturday, March 16, 2002 7:33 PM Victim Compensation Discrimination To whom it may concern- I find it horribly disturbing to learn that partners of homosexuals who lost their lives in the September 11th tragedy will not be given the same consideration in regards to victim compensation. The deadly acts on September 11th were tragic enough, however they served to bring this country together. With the decision to discriminate against homosexual partners, you are single-handedly undoing all the good that came from that horrible day. Let us all remember who helped bring down the flight in Pennsylvania, who died in the line of duty when the first tower fell, and who was of the plane that crashed into the Pentagon with the same sorrow that we remember all the victims. There are many more heroes from that day who also happened to be gay. In the case of victims compensation, we are told the law is the law and no exceptions can be made, yet laws are already being overlooked in other cases: families of illegal aliens are NOT being arrested and kicked out the country, and American companies that hired illegal aliens in violation of federal labor laws will not be punished. Although I agree with both of the above facts, what is the distinction between the laws? Why can we make exception for other laws and not for one that is completely absurd in its own right? I urge you to change the ruling on this practice, before all the good that c ame from that day is erased by your discriminatory acts. Sincerely, Individual Comment Chicago, IL September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-16 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 dojR001200.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. 2002-03-16