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. Monday, January 21, 2002 11:06 PM (no subject) After much thought, I have decided to voice my opinion concerning the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. My husband was killed on September 11th. He was employed by &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp . I disagree with the collateral source deductions. I believe as a matter of public policy it is wrong to penalize the victims by deducting life insurance benefits, death benefits, pension plans etc. from any award as set forth in the Special Master's statement. Moreover, I believe the interpretation of the statute by the Special Master is incorrect. While Section 104.47 does require reduction of an award by the above mentioned collateral source compensation it further requires that the compensation be "related to the terrorist-related aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001.". Websters New World Dictionary, 2nd Edition defines "related" as "...2. connected or associated, as by origin or kind...". I believe that if the payment could have been made under any other circumstances other than the terrorist attacks then it cannot be considered a collateral source compensation. Additionally, the origin of these payments is from responsible planning on the part of the decedents and their families and not from the terrorist attacks. If Congress had truly wanted all those items to be deducted they would have ended the sentence without the additional above quoted language. Any other interpretation would render the additional language superfluous. In the interest of justice it should be interpreted in a light most favorable to the victims' families. I appreciate the opportunity to voice my concerns. I have included my name and address, which I trust is needed only to verify the validity of the comments and will not be part of the public record. Individual Comment Chatham, N.J. September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-21 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 dojN002515.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. 2002-01-21